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S. Alex Martin

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Writing science-fiction novels has guided my life ever since 2004 at the age of 11. I like to call the first three books I wrote my “video game” books, where I was writing to have fun and exercise my creativity, as kids and early teens do. But my current series, Recovery (2013-present), is the story I have to tell, and will likely end up being the only series I write from start to finish.

Over the years, my writing led me down a path of science blogging and educational video making, and eventually evolved into Sidewalk Science Center, which I started while living in Savannah, Georgia in 2018.

I have a background in physics, mathematics, general relativity, cosmology, and some grad study in orbital mechanics and space law and policy. Since cre Writing science-fiction novels has guided my life ever since 2004 at the age of 11. I like to call the first three books I wrote my “video game” books, where I was writing to have fun and exercise my creativity, as kids and early teens do. But my current series, Recovery (2013-present), is the story I have to tell, and will likely end up being the only series I write from start to finish.

Over the years, my writing led me down a path of science blogging and educational video making, and eventually evolved into Sidewalk Science Center, which I started while living in Savannah, Georgia in 2018.

I have a background in physics, mathematics, general relativity, cosmology, and some grad study in orbital mechanics and space law and policy. Since creating Sidewalk Science Center, I held a number of side jobs, including being a cashier at Savannah, Georgia’s original River Street Sweets, an educator at the Savannah Children’s Museum, a private math tutor for older elementary and middle school students, a STEM educator, a museum educator & planetarium director, a middle and high school science teacher, and a general substitute teacher.

In May 2024, I quit teaching to shift into running Sidewalk Science Center full-time. With my heavier engagement in sidewalk astronomy, I leaned heavier into the Hiking Astronomer starting in March 2025, giving me more freedom to travel and share sidewalk astronomy around the country.

I’ve presented at both national and international education conferences, and was hired to travel up to Batesville, Indiana to provide telescopes for their Batesville Blackout Bash during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. I’m also leading a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea to witness the 2026 total solar eclipse off the coast of Barcelona. In June 2025, I conducted six keynotes for the i-STEM professional development conferences in Idaho exploring how to develop informal education programs outside of schools that teachers can create on their own.

While I lived in Florida for several years, it was never home. I need my mountains, my snow, my cold and moody weather. I’m currently based out of Sedona, Arizona, road tripping the US for conferences, hosting author and book meet-and-greets, and bringing sidewalk astronomy to more communities across the western US. ...more

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