William C. Dietz

William C. Dietz (born 1945) is an American science fiction writer, principally of military science fiction novels and video game novelizations.

Biography

Dietz grew up in the Seattle area and served in the Navy as a Corpsman , serving in a Marine Corps unit. He graduated from the University of Washington, and lived in Africa for half a year.

Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer and Director of Public Relations and Marketing for an international telephone company. He and his wife Marjorie live near the city of Gig Harbor in Washington State.

Work

Dietz indicated that he discovered science fiction while in grade school and continued to read SF from that point on. He knew he wanted to be a writer at age twenty or so, but never got around to it until he was thirty-nine, which was one year shy of a self-imposed deadline of forty.

Dietz wrote War World (now Galactic Bounty) in 1984. It was accepted for publication upon Dietz's initial submission. From that point on, he continued to produce at least a book a year, eventually becoming a full-time novelist in 2002. He has written over forty novels.