Theodore Judson (born December 19, 1951) is an American science fiction writer and high school teacher. He began writing after the death of his wife and he is the author of (2002), Fitzpatrick's War (2004), The Martian General's Daughter (2008), (2008) (a short story published in the anthology ), (2008) (in ) and Hell Can Wait (2010). He grew up in a farming community in western Wyoming and graduated from the University of Wyoming.