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Robert Reed is an American science fiction author. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 9, 1956, and received a B.S. in Biology from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1987. He worked as a lab technician for several years, before being able to earn his living as a full-time author.

Reed has won numerous literary awards throughout his prolific career, most notably, the Hugo Award in 2007 for his novella, A Billion Eyes. His other titles include: The Memory of Sky, The Greatship, The Cuckoo's Boys, Sister Alice, The Well of Stars, and Marrow.

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