John E. Stith

Who is John E. Stith?

John E. Stith is an American science fiction and mystery author, known for the scientific rigor he brings to adventure and mystery stories.

Redshift Rendezvous, a Nebula Award nominee, is a murder mystery set aboard a space ship traveling through hyperspace, where the speed of light is ten meters per second, so relativistic effects occur at running speed. The solution respects the laws of physics. Manhattan Transfer, a novel about an alien abduction of the entire borough of Manhattan, was a Seiun Award nominee in Japan.

Stith's Nick Naught is a detective with a sense of humor in a dystopian future. He first appeared in Analog Magazine and his exploits have been reprinted in the collection, All For Naught. Stith's other short fiction has appeared in Amazing Stories, Nature, and Dragon.

A webisode series of Naught for Hire was in development with Paramount Digital until a reorganization. The screenplay is by John E. Stith and series producer Jeffrey Berman. Ben Browder is set to star and be executive producer. New efforts are underway in 2014 to finance the project.

His work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian.