What is Greg Bear?
{{Infobox Writer | name = Gregory Dale Bear | image = Greg_Bear.jpg | caption = Greg Bear (2005) | pseudonym = | birth_name = Gregory Dale Bear | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|8|20}} | birth_place = [[San Diego]], California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|19|1951|8|20}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gizmodo.com/obituary-greg-bear-sci-fi-author-1849806303 | title=Sci-fi Novelist Greg Bear Has Passed Away | date=November 20, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thegamer.com/halo-author-greg-bear-passes-away/ | title=Halo Author Greg Bear Passes Away Age 71 | date=November 20, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gregbear.com/news.php#420|title=Greg Bear: News|quote=Greg passed away peacefully yesterday, surrounded by his loving family. [...] Greg Bear 8/20/1951–11/19/2022}}</ref> | occupation = Novelist | genre = [[Science fiction]] | notableworks = ''[[Blood Music]]'' | debut_works = | website = {{url|http://www.gregbear.com/}} }} '''Gregory Dale Bear''' (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an [[Americans|American]] [[science fiction]] author. He wrote about war across the galaxy, artificial universes, consciousness, and evolution. ==Biography== Bear was born in [[San Diego, California]]. From 1968 to 1973 he attended [[San Diego State University]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree. In 1975, he married Christina M. Nielson, but they divorced in 1981. He remarried in 1983, to Astrid Anderson, the daughter of science fiction author [[Poul Anderson]]. They have two children, Erik and Alexandra. They live outside of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]]. ===Career=== Bear is often called a [[Science fiction|hard science fiction]] author because he uses many scientific details in his work. Bear often answers major questions in contemporary science and culture with fictional solutions. For example, ''The Forge of God'' tries to explain the [[Fermi paradox]]. If the galaxy is filled with intelligences that could be very dangero