William Ledbetter
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William Ledbetter | |
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 William Ledbetter holding the Nebula Award for his novelette "The Long Fall Up" | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Notable awards | Nebula Award for Best Novelette |
| Website | |
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William Ledbetter (born 1961) is a science fiction writer whose short stories have been published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog: Science Fiction & Fact, Jim Baen's Universe, Writers of the Future, Escape Pod, and other magazines. His novelette "The Long Fall Up" won the 2016 Nebula Award.[1]
William Ledbetter was born in a small town in Indiana[2] in 1961, the year humans first flew in space.[2] After growing up in Indiana, he moved to Waco, Texas in 1995.[3] He now lives in Prosper, Texas, north of Dallas.[4][5]
As a child, Ledbetter watched the Apollo 11 Moon landing and dreamed of being an astronaut but was unable to pursue that career due to poor eyesight.[5] Instead, Ledbetter began a thirty-year career as a mechanical designer[2] in the aerospace industry, including work on the radiator system for the International Space Station.[5][6]
