Warren Dean asked Eric Michael Craig:

Who are your favourite authors, and which of them has been the biggest influence on your writing?

Eric Michael Craig My father was a would-be SF writer before I was born, and even though he never published a book he was also an avid fan (and created one in me). I learned to read early and cut my teeth on Heinlein and Andre Norton. They set me on this path, so they might be considered my greatest influence, even though I don’t think my writing resembles much of the stuff I read early (SF was considerably more “pulpy” back in those days and I hope my work now doesn’t fit that description!).

My modern influences are harder to nail down.

Jack McDevitt is on that list certainly (Moonfall in particular), and so is Larry Niven. Maybe I’d throw in some Michael Crichton too (though I am not a fan of the idea that science and technology are the enemy).

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