Jeff Hecht is a Boston-based writer who earns his living writing about science and technology and has published over three dozen science fiction short stories in publications including Nature Futures, Analog Science Fiction, Interzone, Little Blue Marble, and Extreme Planets. He is has frequent contributed to New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, Optics & Photonics News, Laser Focus World, and IEEE Spectrum. His most recent books are Lasers Death Rays and the Long Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon, and Understanding Lasers. He has lost track of how many Readercons he has attended and enjoyed.