Dean C. Ing | |
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| Born | June 17, 1931 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 2020 (aged 89) Ashland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Education | Bachelor's, Fresno State University Master's, San Jose State University Doctorate, University of Oregon |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist and university professor |
Dean Charles Ing (June 17, 1931 – July 21, 2020) was an American author, who usually wrote in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres. His novel The Ransom of Black Stealth One (1989) was a New York Times bestseller.[1] He wrote more than 30 novels, and co-authored novels with his friends Jerry Pournelle, S. M. Stirling, and Leik Myrabo. Following the death of science fiction author Mack Reynolds in 1983, Ing was asked to finish several of Reynolds' uncompleted manuscripts.
Ing was a United States Air Force veteran (where he served as a USAF interceptor crew chief), a former aerospace engineer, and a university professor who held a doctorate in communications theory. He was a former member of the Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy.