Writing · Writer
Born Apr 30, 1938 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Active 1973–present · Awards: Inkpot Award, Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Laurence van Cott Niven is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer…