High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Van Allen Plexico (born January 12, 1968) is an American professor of Political Science and History and a science fiction and fantasy author.Born in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, Van Allen Plexico graduated from Auburn University with Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in 1990 and 1994, doing additional graduate work at Georgetown University and at Emory University. From 1995 through 2006 he lived and worked in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. In 2006 he became Assistant Professor of Political Science and History at Southwestern Illinois College, near St. Louis, Missouri.