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Stephanie Osborn (born September 23, 1960 in Clarksville, Tennessee) is an American science fiction writer and retired scientist.

Biography
Stephanie Gannaway was born in Clarksville, Tennessee on September 23, 1960. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Austin Peay State University, where she triple majored in physics, mathematics, and chemistry and minored in geology. She married Darrell Osborn, a graphic artist and stage magician, in 1983. She then attended Vanderbilt University, where she earned a Master of Science degree in astronomy with minors in physics and geology.

She is a member of Sigma, the science fiction think tank founded by Arlan Andrews.

Nonfiction

 * "Synchronous rotation in the long-period RS CVn binary BM camelopardalis" (1986)
 * "Six years of photometry of the RS CVn binary EI Eri=HD 26337" (1987)
 * Period determination of eleven RS Canum Venaticorum variable stars (1988, Vanderbilt University, Master's thesis)
 * A New American Space Plan with Travis S. Taylor (November 2012, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-4516-3865-3)
 * "The Single-Person Emergency Atmospheric Reentry Device (SPEARED)" with Arlan Andrews, Sr. in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (December 2014)

The Case of the Displaced Detective series

 * The Arrival (November 2011, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-189-7)
 * At Speed (December 2011, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-191-0)
 * The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident (July 2012, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-193-4)
 * The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings and Beginnings (December 2012, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-195-8)
 * A Case of Spontaneous Combustion (September 2014, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-197-2)
 * Fear in the French Quarter (October 2016, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-202-3)

Childers Universe series

 * Campbell: The Sigurdsen Incident (August 2019, Weyand Associates, ISBN 978-1-73212-807-1)

Cresperian Saga series
Both written with Darrell Bain.
 * The Y Factor (November 2009, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-089-0)
 * The Cresperian Alliance (September 2010, Paladin Timeless Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-087-6)

Division One series

 * 1) Alpha and Omega (January 2017, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-0-9982888-0-2)
 * 2) A Small Medium at Large (April 2017, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-0-9982888-3-3)
 * 3) A Very UnCONventional Christmas (July 2017, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-0-9982888-5-7)
 * 4) Tour de Force (October 2017, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-0-9982888-7-1)
 * 5) Trojan Horse (January 2018, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-947530-00-3)
 * 6) Texas Rangers (May 2018, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-947530-01-0)
 * 7) Definition and Alignment (July 2018, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-947530-03-4)
 * 8) Phantoms (October 2018, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-947530-05-8)
 * 9) Head Games (January 2019, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-947530-08-9)
 * 10) Break, Break Houston (June 2019, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-950633-19-7)
 * 11) Tourist Trap (November 2019, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-950633-24-1)
 * 12) Mega Moth (January 2020, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-950633-26-5)
 * 13) Bygones (January 2021, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-1-950633-28-9)

Empire series

 * Imperial Police (July 2020, Weyand Associates, ISBN 978-1-73407-582-3)
 * Imperial Detective (August 2020, Weyand Associates, ISBN 978-1-73407-583-0)
 * Imperial Inspector (September 2020, Weyand Associates, ISBN 978-1-73407-584-7)

Point series
Written with Travis S. Taylor.
 * Extraction Point! (April 2011, Twilight Times Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-005-0)

Sherlock Holmes: Gentleman Aegis series

 * Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse (November 2015, Pro Se Press, ISBN 978-1-5188-8312-5)

Standalone works

 * Burnout: The Mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281 (April 2009, Twilight Times Books, ISBN 978-1-60619-200-9)
 * StarSong (October 2012, Chromosphere Press, ISBN 978-0-615-72273-3)

Short fiction

 * "The Bunker" in Dreams of Steam edited by Kimberly Richardson (July 2010, Kerlak Enterprises, ISBN 978-0-9823745-5-9)
 * "Sticks and Stones" in Science Fiction by Scientists edited by Michael Brotherton (November 2016, Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-41101-9)
 * "Fire in the Sky" with Michael Z. Williamson in We Shall Rise, edited by John Ringo and Gary Poole (June 2021, Baen Books, ISBN 978-1-982125-58-5)

Awards and honors
Osborn has received the following awards and honors.