Isaac Asimov, American Writer

Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.

Asimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the "Foundation" series; his other major series are the "Galactic Empire" series and the "Robot" series. The Galactic Empire novels are set in a future universe in which humans have colonized the galaxy. The Robot series is set in a future where robots are common in human society.

Asimov also wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.

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