Editing Jack McDevitt (section)

==Biography==
McDevitt went to [[La Salle University]], where a short story of his won the annual Freshman Short Story Contest and was published in the school's literary magazine, ''Four Quarters''. As McDevitt explained in an interview:

{{quote|I was on my way. Then I read ''[[David Copperfield (novel)|David Copperfield]]'' and realized I could never write at that level, and therefore I should find something else to do. I joined the [[United States Navy|Navy]], drove a cab, became an English teacher, took a [[customs]] inspector's job on the [[Canada–United States border|northern border]], and didn't write another word for a quarter-century.}}

McDevitt received a master's degree in literature from [[Wesleyan University]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/2005/Issues/10McDevitt.html |title=Locus Online: Jack McDevitt interview excerpts |website=Locusmag.com |date=2005-09-29 |access-date=2016-02-16}}</ref> He returned to writing when his wife, Maureen, encouraged him to try his hand at it in 1980. {{As of|2007}}, McDevitt lives near [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]], Georgia. In 2005, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at [[Northern Illinois University]]. The novel ''Seeker'' won the 2006 [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]], given by the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association|Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]].  He has been nominated for the [[Nebula Award]] sixteen times; ''Seeker'' is his only win.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack McDevitt's News|url=http://www.sfwa.org/members/McDevitt/JMinfo.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909231948/http://www.sfwa.org/members/McDevitt/JMInfo.html|archive-date=September 9, 2005|access-date=August 6, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jack McDevitt|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit89.html#3479|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308120606/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit89.html#3479|archive-date=2008-03-08|access-date=2008-04-05|work=Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards|publisher=Locus}}</ref>