At a gala ceremony in Kansas City on Saturday, July 7, 2007, it was announced that Elizabeth Moon is the recipient of this year's Robert A. Heinlein Award. Elizabeth was not present to accept the award. It was accepted for her by Eleanor Wood.

Elizabeth Moon's first fiction sales began at age forty. Since that time she has published 18 novels, 2 short fiction collections and had several dozen short fiction works appear in magazines and anthologies. She received the 2004 Nebula Award for the novel Speed of Dark.

The Robert A. Heinlein Award was established in 2003 by Dr. Yoji Kondo and several prominent science fiction writers, including the late Charles Sheffield, to honor outstanding published works in hard science fiction or technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. Prior recipients include Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Greg Bear, Jack Williamson, Michael Flynn and Virginia Heinlein.

Posted July 8, 2007