Novelist Stephanie Osborn


Trailer by Book Candy Studios.

The author.
Original photo by Darlene Hall

      A Review in the NY Times!

      NYTimes: This Week at Mobile Tech Manor
      http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2009/05/22/22gigaom-this-week-at-mobile-tech-manor-40--e-books-and-id-10572.html

          Remarks From Twilight Times Publishing

          This year is the 10th anniversary of the founding of Twilight Times Books (1999)
          and the 5th year since we went to print (2004). Those are significant milestones.

          In celebration, Twilight Times Books will have a print book sale from Oct. 1st to Nov. 15th.
          Most titles will be offered to the general public at a 10 - 30% discount.
          Print Books Sale

          For a limited time, and while quantities last, we are offering a 30% - 50% discount
          on selected titles.
          Print Books Special

          Check out our newsletter for info on our latest releases.
          Latest Releases

          Lida E. Quillen, Publisher
          Twilight Times Books

      Announcements!

        The Y Factor, Book 2 of the Cresperia Series, is an EPIC Award finalist!

        The Y Factor, Book 2 of the Cresperia Series, will be released in print format November 15, just in time for holiday shopping!

        The first 3 chapters of the sequel to Burnout, tentatively titled, Escape Velocity, is now complete!

        Burnout is now available on the New Releases shelves at all Barnes-Noble Bookstores in the Huntsville region!

        The Cresperian Alliance, Book 3 in the Cresperia Series, has been accepted by Twilight Times Books!
        Contract is IN HAND! The tentative publication date for the ebook version is January 15, 2010.
        The tentative publication date for the trade paperback version is July 15, 2010.

        For those of you who have been looking for Kindle versions of Burnout:
        A Kindle compatible non-DRM Mobi version of Burnout is now available
        for purchase from OmniLit, as well as Fictionwise.

        Check out Teleread.org, bringing the e-books home! News & views on e-books,
        libraries, publishing and related topics.

        Burnout Items Now Available at Cafe Press! See button, "Steph's Cool Stuff,"
        or link, "The Doctor's Lab at Cafe Press" for items from Stephanie Osborn's
        books and Mad Doc Osborn's World Domination campaign!
        More coming soon!

        Burnout By Stephanie Osborn Available At Fictionwise

        The Y Factor By Darrell Bain & Stephanie Osborn Available At Fictionwise

        Stephanie Osborn's BlogTalkRadio interviews by Missa Dixon on Missa's Urban
        Homesteading, Dellani on Red River Writers Live, Lesa on The Odd Mind, E.W. on
        The Mortal Vampire (parts I and II), & M.J. on The Key To Midnight are available
        on my interview page!

      Press Releases

      Reminder of Stephanie Osborn's Upcoming Appearances!

        Teledyne Brown Engineering Christmas Craft Fair, 4:30-6:00pm Thursday, 19 Nov 09

        Red River Writers Live BlogTalkRadio, noon Wednesday, 3 Dec 09

        Barnes-Noble Bookstore, Bridge Street Towne Centre, Huntsville AL 10:00-12:00am 5 December 2009

        Imagicopter stop: Lebanon, TN Sherlock's Book Emporium, 1:00-4:00pm, Saturday, 19 Dec 09

      Awards and Nominations

        Burnout: The mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281 nominated for:
          USA Book of the Year, Mystery/Suspense and Science Fiction
          Foreword Book of the Year
          Philip K. Dick Award
          Compton Crook Award
          EPPIE Award
          International Thriller Writers Best First Novel Award
          Darrell Award

        The Y Factor nominated for:

          EPIC Award
          EPIC Award Finalist

      What People Are Saying About Burnout

      Stephanie's Bio

        Novelist Stephanie Osborn is a former payload flight controller, a veteran of over
        twenty years of working in the civilian space program, as well as various
        military space defense programs.

        Stephanie holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in four sciences:
        Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, and she is "fluent" in
        several more, including Geology and Anatomy. She obtained her various
        degrees from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN and
        Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

        Stephanie Osborn has worked on numerous Space Shuttle flights and the
        International Space Station, and counts the training of astronauts on her resume.
        Of those astronauts she trained, one was Kalpana Chawla, or "K.C.," a member
        of the crew lost in the Columbia disaster.

        The last crew of Shuttle Columbia. KC is in the center, holding the logo.
        Image from ClassroomClipart.com

        Stephanie is currently retired from space work. She now happily "passes it
        forward," tutoring math and science to students in the Huntsville area, from
        elementary through college, while writing science fiction mysteries based
        on her knowledge, experience, and travels.

        Shuttle launch and ascent, just prior to SRB Sep.
        Image by S. Osborn

      Stephanie's Books and Projects

        One of her current science fiction mysteries (in e-book and trade paperback
        formats) by Twilight Times Books is Burnout, a techno-thriller about a Space Shuttle
        disaster that turns out to be no accident. As the true scope of the conspiracy is
        gradually uncovered by the principal investigators, "Crash" Murphy and
        Dr. Mike Anders, they find themselves running for their lives, as lovers, friends
        and coworkers involved in the investigation perish around them. What
        happened to the Shuttle? Who is responsible for the disaster and why?
        Why is the government calling it an accident? Why is someone willing to kill
        to keep it a secret? And how big is the conspiracy? An exciting action
        techno-thriller, Burnout will leave you on the edge of your seat, not wanting
        to put it down. Burnout has been in Fictionwise's SF Top 25. To date, it has
        been nominated for eight awards in four separate genres (e-book, science
        fiction, mystery, and thriller).

        Also recently released as an e-book, and anticipated in trade paperback November 15,
        2009, just in time for the Holidays, is The Y Factor, coauthored with Darrell Bain,
        multiple Eppie Award winner. It is the next novel in the Cresperian science fiction
        series. Osborn's mentor, Travis "Doc" Taylor, and Bain co-authored the first
        novel of the series, Human By Choice, published by Twilight Times Books. The
        Cresperians are an alien race whose starship wrecks in our solar system, with some
        of the lifepods landing scattered around Earth. The series tells of the new "space race"
        that ensues as various nations vie for the Cresperians and their technology.
        The Y Factor is a Fictionwise best-seller.

        Stephanie is maintaining her collaboration with Darrell Bain, and they
        recently completed the third book in the Cresperian science fiction series,
        titled The Cresperian Alliance. A fourth, and possibly fifth, book is anticipated
        in the series.

        In addition, Stephanie is thrilled to be collaborating with her mentor,
        Travis S. "Doc" Taylor, on the first in what we hope will be a series of books.
        The first book is Extraction Point!, another action packed science fiction
        mystery, definitely a techno-thriller read. She also has three manuscripts
        complete on her own science fiction mystery series, regarding the discovery
        of alternate universes, and the commotion which ensues when the
        inhabitant of one universe inadvertently crosses into our own.

        Image from WallpaperStock.com


      T-shirts and mugs currently available with the Burnout cover art!

        Email Stephanie!

        No spamming, please

        Visitor's name:

        Visitor's email:

        Visitor's message:

      Copyright 2008 Stephanie Osborn. All rights reserved.