Duncan Steel

DUNCAN STEEL is a British space scientist and discoverer of twelve minor planets, including 9767 Midsomer Norton. His books include Eclipse, Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar and Rogue Asteroids and Doomsday Comets.

Steel holds a BSc from the University of London, an MSc and DIC from Imperial College London, and a PhD from the University of Canterbury. He served as Associate Professor in space technology at the Joule Physics Laboratory, University of Salford, and has worked with NASA on both its Detection and Intercept Committees assessing the threat of comet and asteroid collisions.

When not writing, Steel continues his work as a research astronomer and Visiting Researcher at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at the University of New South Wales. That scientific focus on planetary threats and cosmic cycles runs throughout his books.

Duncan lives in Canberra, Australia.

Duncan Steel’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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