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Stephen has authored or coauthored more than a dozen popular books on astronomy, including Mars (Reaktion Press; 2020), Night Skies Of Botswana (Penguin Random House; 2020), A Dictionary of Space Exploration (Oxford University Press; 3rd edition; 2018), and his acclaimed Deep-Sky Companion series (Cambridge University Press). To see a list, click here.
Stephen’s scary science book — Are you Afraid Yet: The Science Behind Scary Stuff — was honored as one of the 2010 Young Adult Library Services Association Quick Picks for the Reluctant Young Adult Readers List. He also created and co-authored the young adult book Star-Gazing with Jack Horkheimer: Cosmic Comics for the Skywatcher.
Writer, Columnist & Editor
Stephen spent most of his career as an editor for Sky & Telescope magazine (1979 – 2007), monthly writer and consultant for Odyssey (science magazine for young readers; 1994-2008), and Associate Editor for GeminiFocus (quarterly magazine of the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii (2010 – 2020); He is now a columnist and contributing editor for Astronomy magazine (2007– present), contributing editor for Sky & Telescope magazine (2024 – present), and a contributing writer for Fifth Star Lab's award-winning Sky Guide (2017 – present).
Stephen has authored or coauthored more than a dozen popular books on astronomy, including Mars (Reaktion Press; 2020), Night Skies Of Botswana (Penguin Random House; 2020), A Dictionary of Space Exploration (Oxford University Press; 3rd edition; 2018), and his acclaimed Deep-Sky Companion series (Cambridge University Press). To see a list, click here.
Stephen’s scary science book — Are you Afraid Yet: The Science Behind Scary Stuff — was honored as one of the 2010 Young Adult Library Services Association Quick Picks for the Reluctant Young Adult Readers List. He also created and co-authored the young adult book Star-Gazing with Jack Horkheimer: Cosmic Comics for the Skywatcher.
Writer, Columnist & Editor
Stephen spent most of his career as an editor for Sky & Telescope magazine (1979 – 2007), monthly writer and consultant for Odyssey (science magazine for young readers; 1994-2008), and Associate Editor for GeminiFocus (quarterly magazine of the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii (2010 – 2020); He is now a columnist and contributing editor for Astronomy magazine (2007– present), contributing editor for Sky & Telescope magazine (2024 – present), and a contributing writer for Fifth Star Lab's award-winning Sky Guide (2017 – present).
