Heinlein, << HYN lyn, >> Robert A. (1907-1988), was a popular and influential American author of science fiction. He wrote for both children and adults.
Heinlein’s most popular novel, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), explores controversial ideas about morality, religion, and sex. The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) contains a series of stories and short novels written from 1939 to 1962. Together, they describe a “future history” of the human race. Some of the characters from the future history series reappear in such Heinlein novels as Time Enough for Love (1973), Friday (1982), and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985).
Heinlein wrote several science-fiction novels for young people between 1947 and 1963. These books anticipate many themes of his adult work. The best of these novels include Rocket Ship Galileo (1947) and Starman Jones (1953).
Robert Anson Heinlein was born on July 7, 1907, in Butler, Missouri. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1929. Heinlein served as a naval officer for five years and then worked in other fields before becoming a writer. He died on May 8, 1988.
