Higgins, Robert E. (born 1979) is an American science fiction writer and systems engineer. Raised in Rochester, New York, he studied electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University and later worked on autonomous navigation and signal integrity for aerospace firms in Seattle and Pasadena. His short fiction has appeared in regional magazines and small press anthologies, often blending hard science with political paranoia. A longtime amateur astronomer and community tech mentor, he lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he volunteers at a public observatory and coaches a high school robotics team.
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