Robert Reed is a science fiction author. Reed has published over 200 short stories. His work regularly appears in Asimov's, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Sci Fiction. He has published eleven novels. His first novel, "The Leeshore," was published in 1987. Before his first novel was published, Reed worked as a lab technician at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Reed received his B.Sc. in Biology from the Nebraska Wesleyan University.