Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist. He is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is an editor of "Reason" magazine. He was born in Mobile, Alabama.
Benford wrote the Galactic Center Saga science fiction novels. The first was "In the Ocean of Night" (1977).