Steve Alten

Steve Alten (born August 21, 1959, Philadelphia) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his Meg series, a set of novels positing the survival of large Megalodon sharks. Alten holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University.

Bibliography

Megalodon series

• Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror (1997)
• The Trench (1999)
• Meg: Primal Waters (2004)
• Meg: Hell's Aquarium (scheduled to be released in mid-2008)

Domain Trilogy

• Domain (2001)
• Resurrection (2004)

Goliath series

• Goliath (2002)

Other novels

• The Loch (2005)
• The Shell Game (forthcoming)

Films

• Alten's first novel Meg was slated to be made into a movie (Meg) by New Line Cinema, with Jan de Bont attached to direct. As of January 2007, however, the project has not been greenlit. [1]

• Steve Alten announced that the producers of Prison Break just bought the rights to The Loch.

External links

• Megsite.com, Steve Alten's official site
• Steve Alten at IMDb