Steve Alten

Steve Alten

Steve Alten (born August 21, 1959) is the creator and writer of the Meg Saga. Alten holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, a master's in sports medicine from the University of Delaware and a doctorate in sports administration from Temple University. Alten is the founder and director of Adopt-An-Author, a nationwide secondary school reading program promoting works from six authors, including his own. Alten resides in South Florida.

Critical response

Some critics have pointed out that Alten's books feature poorly researched science and weak writing, while others have praised his character development, research and story-telling. Reviewer Steve Donoghue calls Alten's Meg: Hell's Aquarium "the Moby Dick of giant killer shark novels." Reviewer Jason Frost said of Alten's Grim Reaper: End of Days, "This will not be one of the best books you will read this year. This will be one of the best books you will read, period." Mystery Book Review said of The Loch, "The blending of factual and fictional material as crafted by Alten for the book is both fascinating and credible." Paul Craig Roberts, former Wall Street Journal editor said of Alten's thriller, The Shell Game, "Alten’s book is a first-class thriller set in the real world of today. It is a perfect read for Americans who need their dose of reality to be watered down with fiction and delivered as entertainment."

Bibliography

MEG series

• Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror (1997)
• The Trench (1999)
• Meg: Primal Waters (2004)
• Meg: Hell's Aquarium (2009)
• Meg: Origins (2011, E-book)
• Meg: Nightstalkers (2015)
• Meg: Generations (2018)
• Meg: Angel of Death: Survival (2020, Audiobook)
• Meg: Purgatory (coming soon..)

The Loch series

• The Loch (2005)

• Vostok (2015)

• The Loch: Heaven’s Lake (coming soon..)

Domain trilogy

• Domain (2001)
• Resurrection (2004)
• Phobos: Mayan Fear (2011)

Other books

• Goliath (2002)
• The Shell Game (2008)
• Grim Reaper: End of Days (2010)
• The OMEGA Project (2013)
• Sharkman (2014)
• Undisclosed (2017)

Film projects

• The Meg had a 20-year development hell before being adapted by Gravity Pictures and was released in August 2018
• Meg 2: The Trench was also developed by Gravity Pictures and released in August 2023
• In a 2008 interview producer Belle Avery spoke about doing preliminary work on film based on The Loch.