David Feintuch

David Feintuch (1944-2006) was an American science-fiction and fantasy writer born in Yonkers, New York, and a practicing attorney trained at Harvard Law School before turning to fiction. He won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1996. He is best known for the Seafort Saga, a military space-opera series in the tradition of naval adventure fiction such as the Hornblower novels, following young officer Nicholas Seafort from Midshipman's Hope through several sequels, and for the Rodrigo of Caledon fantasy duology, comprising The Still and The King.