Richard M. Anderson

Richard M. Anderson holds a master’s degree in microbiology from San José State University and is a licensed Clinical Laboratory Bioanalyst. With over three decades as a clinical laboratory director, including leadership roles at Quest Diagnostics, he brings deep scientific expertise to his writing. His award-winning debut, The Evolution of Life, examines the history of life from the Big Bang to the present day. Richard’s Outbound science fiction series blends scientific realism with visionary storytelling—its first book, Outbound: Islands in the Void, won the Indie Excellence Award for Science Fiction.