Jeffrey Carver

{{short description|American novelist}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Jeffrey A. Carver

| image =

| caption = Jeffrey Carver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|8|25}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

| occupation = Novelist

| alma_mater = Brown University

| period = 1970s–present

| genre = Science fiction

| influences =

| notableworks = Eternity's End, Chaos Chronicles

| website = {{URL|www.starrigger.net}}

}}

Jeffrey A. Carver (born August 25, 1949) is an American science fiction author.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73858433.html?dids=73858433:73858433&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+22%2C+1987&author=David+Streitfeld&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=BOOK+REPORT&pqatl=google|title=Book Report|last=Streitfeld|first=David|date=Nov 22, 1987|work=The Washington Post|pages=x.15|accessdate=13 April 2012|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032921/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/306943786.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov%2022,%201987&author=David%20Streitfeld&pub=The%20Washington%20Post%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=BOOK%20REPORT|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|title=Analog science fact, science fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m546AQAAIAAJ|volume=108|date=January 1988|publisher=Condé Nast Publications|pages=178, 182–}}{{cite book|last=Westfahl|first=Gary|title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQMQQyIaACYC&pg=PA449|accessdate=13 April 2012|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32951-7|pages=449–}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qC1ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VkcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6724,544800&dq=jeffrey+carver+eternity&hl=en|title=Off the shelf|last=Corcoran|first=Connie|date=May 4, 2001|work=The Union Democrat|accessdate=13 April 2012}}

He was born in Cleveland, graduated from Brown University,{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/jeffrey-a-carver/|title=FantasticFiction|accessdate=28 October 2012}}

and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His 2000 novel Eternity's End was a nominee at the 2001 Nebula Awards; in 2022 he was honored with the Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award.{{cite web|url=http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/00s.html|title=Nebula Award Final Ballots from the 2000s|date=19 January 2012|accessdate=27 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202011002/http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/00s.html|archive-date=2 December 2001|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Helicon Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to Jeffrey A. Carver! – Treehouse Writers |url=https://treehousewriters.com/wp53/2022/01/16/helicon-lifetime-achievement-award-goes-to-jeffrey-a-carver/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |language=en-US}}

In 1995, Carver developed and hosted the educational TV series Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing, which has since been made available online.{{cite web|url=http://www.writesf.com|title=WriteSF|accessdate=18 January 2013}}