ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael P. Kube-McDowell is the pen name of Philadelphia-born novelist Michael Paul McDowell. His prior works include the 1985 Philip K. Dick Award finalist Emprise and the 1991 Hugo Award nominee The Quiet Pools. His contributions to the extended Star Wars saga, the “Black Fleet Crisis” novels, were New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers. Most recently, The Trigger, a 1998 collaboration with Sir Arthur C. Clark, was praised as “an epic thriller,” “solid, intelligent, serious entertainment,” and “what near-future SF should be: clever, thoughtful, thrilling, and human.”

In addition to his twelve previous novels, Michael has contributed stories to a variety of leading magazines and anthologies including Analog, Asimov’s, Fantasy & Science Fiction, After the Flames, and Alternate Presidents. Three of his stories were adapted as episodes of the George Romero horror-fantasy television series Tales From the Darkside (two with Michael’s own teleplays). Outside of science fiction, he is the author of more than five hundred nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from “scientific creationism” to the US space program. A former National Merit Scholar and Presidential Scholar Distinguished Teacher, Michael received an EdPress Achievement Award for his 1999 essay “Divining the Mind.”

At various times Michael has called Fairview Village (Camden), NJ; East Lansing, Sturgis, and Lansing, MI; and Goshen, IN home. He currently resides in central Michigan with his wife Gwen, three children, three cats, and “entirely too much stuff.” His publicly acknowledged passions include warbirds, following the Spartans and Phillies, making music, and natural philosophy. Further confessions can be found at his Web home: www.sff.net/people/K-Mac