R Peter Keith

R. Peter Keith is the alter-ego of the creative director of a NASA Space Act Agreement partner company that specializes in the design, fabrication and exhibition of museum exhibits and interactive experiences. He’s flown the NASA-Langley Lunar Lander Simulator to a landing in front of the Moon McDonalds* and has spent research time inside an original Apollo LM, the SEV (Space Exploration Vehicle: prototype pressurized rover) and the Orion Spacecraft with one of its engineers.

For the past five years, Keith collaborated with NASA to produce a simulation-based exhibition that focused on the basic concepts of spaceflight and their possible application in the colonization of our solar system. On it’s premiere, the exhibit broke all attendance records for Space Center Houston, the official NASA Visitor Center for the Johnson Space Center, home of the astronaut program. The many long, thoughtful and technical conversations with NASA experts and advisors from Houston, Langley and JPL that occurred during the creation of this exhibition and its seven simulations and related programs provided the germ of the idea that became the WINE-DARK DEEP series.

He is also a recognized expert on the video game industry and its history having been an on-air and off-air consultant for everyone from the History Channel to the U.S. Post Office. Keith lives in Vermont with his wife, kids and dogs. He has hung on to an old car for so long it has become cool again and has done the same with a few pairs of pants. He has an unreasonable love for all speculative fiction, having grown up with both classic literary and film works as well as the wonders of Marvel comics, Star Trek and Star Blazers. He’s an avid video game fan as well as a voracious reader.

The author wants to stress that although NASA collaborated in the creation of the museum exhibit, they in no way endorse these novels. They are entirely my own creation and any errors or stretching of the laws of physics are my doing alone.

*There really is a McDonalds on the moon in that NASA simulator.