Mike Resnick

Mike Resnick is, according to Locus, the trade paper of the science fiction field, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short fiction. When you add in his novels and related non-fiction, he stands fourth on the all-time list, ahead of Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, George R. R. Martin, and Philip K. Dick.

Mike is the winner of 5 Hugo Awards (science fiction’s Oscar) from a record 36 nominations. He has also won the Nebula, voted on by the Science Fiction Writers of America, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Poland, Croatia, and Japan, and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia.

He is the author of 69 science fiction novels and 2 mystery novels, more than 250 short stories, and 3 screenplays (one for Miramax, one for Capella International, and is currently collaborating on one for Jupiter 9), and is the editor of 41 anthologies. He has also written 7 books of non-fiction.

Mike was the science fiction consultant for BenBella Books from 2004 through 2006, the co-editor of Jim Baen’s Universe from 2007 to 2010, and currently edits the Stellar Guild line of books for Arc Manor, as well as the bi-monthly electronic magazine, Galaxy’s Edge.

He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention, the highest honor the science fiction field has to offer.

His 2012 book releases include The Doctor and the Rough Rider (Pyr), Win Some, Lose Some (Isfic Press), Stalking the Zombie (American Fantasy Press), Masters of the Galaxy (PS Publishing), Resnick on the Loose (Wildside Press), Resnick Abroad (Alexander Books), The Incarceration of Captain Nebula and Other Lost Futures (Subterranean Press), Resnick’s Menagerie (Silverberry Press), Dog in the Manger (reissue with new material, from Seventh Street) and The Cassandra Project (a collaboration with bestseller Jack McDevitt, from Ace Books).

Coming in 2013, thus far, are The Doctor and the Dinosaurs (Pyr), The Gods of Sagittarius (collaboration with bestseller Eric Flint, from Baen Books), The Trojan Colt (Seventh Street), an as-yet-untitled novel from Stellar Guild, and the anthology The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (co-edited with Robert Garcia, from Baen Books).