Alan Edward Nourse (August 11, 1928 – July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction author and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as non-fiction works about medicine and science. His SF works generally focused on medicine and/or psionics. Nourse was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 1950, and an M.D. from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1953. He served in the United States Navy as a Medical Officer on the USS Intrepid from 1953 to 1955. He practiced medicine in North Bend, Oregon, from 1955 to 1963, and also served as a doctor in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1958 to 1963. He then moved to Maryland, where he practiced medicine and wrote until his death in 1992. Nourse wrote more than 50 books, including Star Surgeon (1959), The Universe Between (1965), and The Bladerunner (1974). He also wrote under the pseudonyms "Al Edwards" and "Doctor X". He was a long-time member of the Washington Science Fiction Association, and was a guest of honor at the 1975 World Science Fiction Convention.
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