Bill Thomasson

Bill Thomasson was born in 1936, the only son of a working-class Arkansas family.  Only the third member of his extended family to complete high school, he eventually received a PhD in biochemistry.  He discovered, however, that he was not cut out for research: Writing about science was easier than doing it.  So he became a science/medical writer and continues active in the field today because learning all that new stuff is just too much fun to give up.  In addition to being an active science fiction fan and amatuer futurist, Bill became politically active when he was already 67 and legally blind.  If you encounter him at a U.S. con you'll probably see him wearing some candidate's button and a tee shirt advertising the Disability Pride Parade.