Facts:   - birth name: donald oberdorfer jr.    - spouse: laura oberdorfer      - birth date: 28 may 1931    - name: don oberdorfer    - occupation: journalist , author , professor    - death place: washington , d.c.    - birth place: atlanta , georgia , united states    - alma mater: princeton university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of don oberdorfer .
Ans: donald oberdorfer , jr. -lrb- may 28 , 1931 -- july 23 , 2015 -rrb- was an american professor at the paul h. nitze school of advanced international studies -lrb- sais -rrb- at johns hopkins university with a specialty in korea , and was a journalist for 38 years , 25 of them with `` the washington post '' .he is the author of five books and several academic papers .his book , `` senator mansfield : the extraordinary life of a great american statesman and diplomat '' , won the d.b. hardeman prize in 2003 .

Facts:   - genre: science fiction      - birth date: 13 january 1948    - name: scott g. gier    - occupation: writer    - birth place: aiea , hawaii    - alma mater: u.s. naval academy   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of scott g. gier .
Ans: scott g. gier -lrb- born january 13 , 1948 -rrb- is an american science fiction author .he was born in aiea , hawaii .scott g. gier graduated from the us naval academy and served 6 years in the united states navy as a pilot and intelligence analyst .after getting out of the navy in 1975 , he worked in the san francisco bay area in laser -lrb- spectra-physics -rrb- and start-up computer manufacturing -lrb- grid systems and silicon solutions -rrb- before switching to web-based and enterprise software support and training .he started writing his books in 1989 during a layoff .in 1996 , scott gier was a nominee for the john w. campbell award for best new writer .`` genellan : planetfall '' was selected the del rey books discovery of the year in 1996 as well as finishing in ninth place for `` locus magazine '' 's best first novel award .`` genellan : planetfall '' and `` genellan : in the shadow of the moon '' were also both selected as science fiction book club selections .

Facts:     - name: ben preston    - nationality: british    - parents: peter preston    - alma mater: university of bristol    - occupation: magazine editor , journalist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ben preston .
Ans: ben preston -lrb- b. 24 sept 1963 -rrb- is the current editor of the `` radio times '' , the united kingdom 's third biggest-selling magazine .

Facts:   - sport: swimming      - birth date: 1953    - club: dynamo batumi    - birth place: batumi , georgia   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of viktor krasko .
Ans: viktor krasko -lrb- ; born 1953 -rrb- is a retired soviet backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1970 european aquatics championships .