High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (Forge of God books), artificial universes (The Way series), consciousness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels), and accelerated evolution (Blood Music, Darwin`s Radio, and Darwin`s Children). His most current work is the Forerunner Trilogy, written in the Halo universe.