Richard Foss

{{BLP sources|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox writer  | name = Richard Foss | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|10|07}} | birth_place = [[California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author, journalist | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | period = | movement = | notableworks = ''Rum: A Global History'' | influences = | influenced = }} '''Richard Foss''' is an American [[journalist]], [[list of science fiction authors|science fiction author]], and food historian who has also chaired science fiction conventions and worked as a [[travel agency|travel agent]], restaurant reviewer, theater director, and instructor in Elizabethan history and culinary history at Osher Institute/UCLA Extension.

==Writing career== Foss's science fiction stories have been published in the magazine ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]]'' and the anthologies ''[[Alternate Generals II]]'' and ''[[The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp]]''.

His short story "[[The History of Chan's Journey to the Celestial Regions]]", published in the April 2002 ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]]'', was a nominee for the 2002 [[Analog Award]] for Best Short Story.

Foss's restaurant reviews have appeared in ''The [[Easy Reader]]'', ''[[Manhattan People]]'', ''[[Peninsula People]]'', ''[[LA CityBeat]]'', and ''[[LA ValleyBeat]]'' magazine. He is currently on the Board of the Culinary Historians of Southern California.

In 2012 his book ''Rum: A Global History'' was released by [[Reaktion Books]] in the Edible Series. His book ''Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies'' appeared in December 2014 from [[Rowman & Littlefield]].

==Bibliography==

===Fiction=== *"The History of Chan's Journey to the Celestial Regions" (''Analog'', Apr. 2002) *"Probability Zero: Counterspy" (''Analog'', Jan. 2003) *"Probability Zero: Just an Average Guy" (''Analog'', Oct. 2003) *"Compadres" (with [[S. M. Stirling]]) (''[[Alternate Generals II]]'', ed. [[Harry Turtledove]] and [[Martin H. Greenberg]], [[Baen Books]], Mar. 2004) *"Ripples" (''[[The Enchanter Completed: A Tribute Anthology for L. Sprague de Camp]]'', ed. [[Harry Turtledove]], [[Baen Books]], 2005) *"Probability Zero: Keeping Track" (''Analog'', Nov. 2005) *"Incarnation in The Delta" (''Abyss and Apex'', Jan. 2009) *"To Leap the Highest Wall" (''Analog'', Jan./Feb. 2009) *"Madman's Bargain" (''Analog'', Mar. 2009) *"At Last the Sun" (''Analog'', Jun. 2010)

===Nonfiction=== *''Rum: A Global History'' (2012) *''Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies'' (2014)

===Reviews=== *"''Singularity's Ring'' by [[Paul Melko]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Blue War'' by [[Jeffrey Thomas (writer)|Jeffrey Thomas]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Death's Head: Maximum Offense'' by [[David Gunn (author)|David Gunn]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Pirate Sun'' by [[Karl Schroeder]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''Reading The Wind'' by [[Brenda Cooper]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume Two B'' by [[Ben Bova]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009) *"''The Coming Convergence'' by [[Stanley Schmidt]]" (''Analog'', Apr. 2009)

==References== *{{isfdb name|id=Richard_Foss|name=Richard Foss}}

==External links== *[http://www.richardfoss.com/ Official website] *[http://www.rumhistory.com/ Rum History website] *[http://airfoodhistory.com/ History of food in flight website] *[http://www.easyreadernews.com/50552/thisll-warm-us-up-drinking-rum-with-richard-foss/ Interview about rum history] in [[Easy Reader]] Newspaper, published in Hermosa Beach CA, 3 May 2012

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