James Schefter

(Note: Extracted from his business web site on 01/23/2001) - James Schefter was no stranger to long-term projects. He lived seven years with the Gemini and Apollo programs in Houston for both Time and Life , covering every manned space mission through Apollo 17. He was the print media pool writer called into Mission Control 20 minutes after Jim Lovell's "Houston, we have a problem." message and was first to report that the Apollo 13 lunar landing would be aborted. Later he became West Coast editor for Popular Science magazine, covering manned and unmanned space missions, reporting on the West Coast automotive scene, and writing on computers and electronics.

He was given access inside Apple Computer leading up to introduction of the Macintosh and a Popular Science exclusive cover story. A year later, he was among the 100 leading journalists selected by NASA as candidates to fly aboard the Space Shuttle. That competition ended shortly after the Challenger disaster.

His automotive experiences with Popular Science led directly to All Corvettes Are Red, his fifth published book, which appeared in hard cover in 1997 and in paperback in 1998. His newest non-fiction work, The Race, was published by Doubleday in June, 1999, and within two weeks went into a second printing. Several novels also were in the works.

Schefter was born in Minnesota, raised in North Dakota, served three years in the U.S. Army and lived in New York City, Houston, Kansas City, and Los Angeles before finally settling in Park City, Utah. He had three sons.

James Schefter held a B.A. in mass communications and an MBA. He won numerous writing awards, including a citation from the Deadline Club of New York City. He was a consulting editor for Popular Science, where his articles were occasionally found.