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Craig Holm (born 1954) Science Fiction Author
Craig Holm was born in Dutchess County, New York in the mid 1950s and grew up on Long Island in Huntington, New York.

Holm's writing is heavily influenced by the work of Robert Heinlein and the characters of George Pal films such as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. Holm credits his grandmother, Agnes Craig, with sparking his interest in science fiction literature. She helped him to get his first library card at an early age. His first library book was one of the Danny Dunn series written by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams. A few years later his grandmother gave him his first “real” science fiction novel, a beat up paperback copy of A Door Into Summer, by Robert Heinlein. He soon discovered Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle and others.

Holm attended college at night while working during the day and on weekends. Holm says first real job was in assembling vacuum brazing ovens and backfill stations for a small privately owned company in East Northport. The work sometimes required the use of tritium gas, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Craig would later use the word “tritium” in the title for his first book, 3H Tritium, which contained three of his science fiction short stories.

Craig Holm has worked as an engineer with major aerospace corporations throughout the United States, Europe and South Korea. While traveling, Craig often writes to pass the time on long flights. “After Effect” and “Surprise From Space” are two stories which were drafted while flying over the Pacific ocean.

Married in 1980, Craig and his wife Maria currently live in Huntington, New York, not far from where he spent his childhood.

Floyd kovanen (talk) 14:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)