Steve Alten

Steve Alten
Born (1959-08-21) August 21, 1959
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Author
Genre Science fiction
Website
www.stevealten.com

Steven Robert "Steve" Alten (born August 21, 1959) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his Meg series, a series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant prehistoric shark. Alten holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University.[1] Alten is the founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a nationwide secondary school free reading program promoting works from six authors, including his own.[2] Alten resides in South Florida.

Critical response

Some critics have pointed out that Alten's books feature poorly researched science and weak writing,[3] and at least one has called the novel MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror "terrible".[3] Others have praised his character development, research and story-telling.[4] Reviewer Steve Donoghue's review of calls Alten a "huckster" and has written "the Moby Dick of giant killer shark novels."[5]

Reviewer Jason Frost said of Alten's Grim Reaper: End of Days, "This will not be one of the best books you will read this year. This will be one of the best books you will read, period." Mystery Book Review said of The Loch, "The blending of factual and fictional material as crafted by Alten for the book is both fascinating and credible." Paul Craig Roberts, former Wall Street Journal editor, said of Alten's thriller, The Shell Game, "Alten’s book is a first-class thriller set in the real world of today."

Alten's comedic novel, Dog Training the American Way (written under the pen name L.A. Knight) was given a positive review by Kirkus Reviews, which described "the prose [as flowing] like a jocular babbling brook" and the plot as compelling: "Incident by unlikely incident, we are pulled deeper into their lives until it is their fates (not merely their quips) that keep us turning the pages."[6]

Bibliography

Meg series

Domain trilogy

The Loch series

Other Novels

Film projects

References

  1. "Authors". Adopt An Author. 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  2. "Adopt-An-Author", THE Journal, 08/01/2005.
  3. 1 2 Ellis, Richard (20 July 1996). "MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror, by Steve Alten". Los Angeles Times Book Review. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. Redfern, Nick (8 August 2009). "Lair of the Beasts: Monsters in Fiction". Mania. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  5. Donoghue, Steve. "Book Review - Meg by Steve Alten". Open Letters Monthly - an Arts and Literature Review. Open Letters Monthly. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  6. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/l-knight/dog-training-the-american-male/
  7. "Belle Avery Talks 'Grizzly Park' and the Long-delayed 'MEG'!". Bloody Disgusting. 29 May 2008.
  8. Kroll, Justin (16 June 2015). "Eli Roth to Direct Giant Shark Thriller ‘Meg’ for Warner Bros.". Variety.com. Variety Media,. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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