Steve Alten

Author

Birthday August 21, 1959

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Age 64 years old

Nationality United States

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1959

Steven Robert Alten (born August 20, 1959) is an American science-fiction author.

He is best known for his Meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark.

Alten holds a bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University.

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.

Meg series:

Domain, or The Mayan trilogy:

The Loch series:

Stand-alones: