Jack McDevitt (born April 14, 1935) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. Most of his books follow either superluminal pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins or galactic relic hunters Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath. McDevitt has received numerous nominations for Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards. Seeker won the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel. McDevitt's first published story was "The Emerson Effect" in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981.
Jack McDevitt
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Jack McDevitt, Джак Макдевит, Джек Макдевит, and 6 others
Jack MacDevitt, Jack Charles McDevitt, ジャック・マクデヴィット, John Charles McDevitt, Jack Mac Devitt, Jack Mc Devitt - Born:
- April 13, 1953
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Books by Jack McDevitt

Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, John Joseph Adams, Cory Doctorow, Paolo Bacigalupi, Nancy Kress, Jack McDevitt, Richard Kadrey, Tobias S. Buckell, Jonathan Lethem, John Langan, Gene Wolfe, Carol Emshwiller, M. Rickert, James Van Pelt, Catherine Wells, Jerry Oltion, Neal Barrett Jr., Dale Bailey, David Grigg: Wastelands (Paperback, 2008, Night Shade Books)
Wastelands
by Octavia E. Butler, Stephen King, George R. R. Martin, and 19 others