J.P. Osterman is a science fiction author who focuses on space travel. She was one of five finalists in the Brevard Library Foundation's "Patrick D. Smith Literary Award". She is a director at the Space Coast Writers Guild and is a member of Scribblers of Brevard County. Her play which she co-wrote with Richard Mariani, Salt and Sand Never Tasted Better, is published in the book, Love and Rockets. She has won several awards, including the prestigious Rupert Hughes Award at the seminal Maui Writers’ Conference for her sci-fi novel, The Matter Stream, which she has been transforming into her Nelta Series. She won first place for her one-act play, The Man Next to Me, published in the San Diego Writer's Monthly magazine and which she rewrote as a novel, Pete's Crossroad and short story.