Stephanie Gannaway-Osborn
Stephanie Gannaway-Osborn (September 23, 1960 - ), who also writes as Steph Osborn and Stephanie Osborn, is an American scientist and science fiction author who has worked on the Space Shuttle program. Her first novel, Burnout is scheduled for publication on April 15, 2009 by Twilight Times Books.
Biography
Stephanie Gannaway was born September 23, 1960, in Clarksville, Tennessee, the eldest daughter of Stephen and Colene Gannaway. She has a younger sister, Judith Johnson. Miss Gannaway attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, where she had a triple major in physics, mathematics, and chemistry with a minor in geology, and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she received a MSc in physics and astronomy. She married Darrell Osborn, a graphic artist and stage magician, in 1983. She is currently owned by a cat, Elrond Half-Siamese.
She is a licensed minister from the North Tennessee Bible Institute in Clarksville, TN; an ACE-certified personal trainer; NWS-certified storm spotter; and an Alabama certified substitute teacher.
Professional history
Ms. Gannaway-Osborn started working for Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama in 1985, specializing in programs involving the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. She spent several years working on Spacelab programs involving the Space Shuttle, experience which led to the writing of Burnout. The first draft of Burnout, which involves loss of a fictional re-entering space shuttle, was complete prior to loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, which flew several of the Spacelab missions she had supported; she also helped train Kalpana Chawla, who was lost aboard Columbia.
Ms. Gannaway-Osborn retired from the space industry in 2006 to pursue her writing career, and also works as a tutor and community volunteer. She was space scientist guest at Marscon in Bloomington, Minnesota, in 2005, and an author guest at Con†Stellation in Huntsville, Alabama in 2008.
Published works
- Burnout (April, 2009)