Steve Alten
			
			
			
			
				
					| Full Name: | Steven
Robert
Alten | 
				
					| Born: | August 21, 1959 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
 | 
				
				
					| Occupation: | Author | 
				
					| Nationality: | American | 
				
					| Links: |  | 
			
			
			
			
		 
		
		
		Biography
		
		Steven Robert Alten is an American science-fiction author. He is best known for his Meg series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Alten holds a bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware, and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University. Alten is the founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a nationwide secondary-school free-reading program promoting works from six authors, including his own.
		
		
		Works in the WWEnd Database