Mike McPhail
Mike McPhail | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Danielle Ackley-McPhail |
Mike McPhail is an American author, editor, and game designer as well as publisher of fiction, and is best known for his work in military fiction.[1]
McPhail has spoken at industry and pop culture conventions, and has appeared as a guest speaker and panelist at Balticon,[2][3] Confluence,[4] Heliosphere,[5] LunaCon,[6][7] DerpyCon,[8] DexCon, Far Point,[9] Shikkaricon,[10] and Shore Leave.[11]
He is a member of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA),[5] and the creator of the Alliance Archives (All'Arc) series and its related Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG)[12]
McPhail and his wife Danielle Ackley-McPhail are founders and owners of ESpec Books. a small press publisher.[citation needed]
So It Begins was a finalist for Best Anthology at the 2009 Indie Book Awards.[13]
Personal life[edit]
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McPhail attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York (now the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology) and served in the Air National Guard.
Bibliography[edit]
Short fiction[edit]
Defending the Future Series[edit]
- Breach the Hull (2007) by Dark Quest ISBN 9780979690198
- So It Begins (2009) ISBN 978-0979690150
- By Other Means (2011) ISBN 9780983099352
- No Man's Land (2011) ISBN 9781937051020
- Best Laid Plans (2013) ISBN 9781937051044
- Dogs of War (2013) ISBN 9781937051051
- Man and Machine (2016) ISBN 9781942990093
- In Harm's Way (In Production)
- The Best of Defending the Future ISBN 9781942990390
Beyond the Cradle Series[edit]
- If We Had Known (Beyond the Cradle Book 1) (2017) by eSpec Books
Other Anthologies[edit]
- Jaelle Her Book ISBN 9781934754146
- Cowboys in Space: Tales of Byanntia
- The Die Is Cast ISBN 9781942990253
- Fallen City ISBN 9780991317110
- Barbarians at the Jumpgate ISBN 9781890096434
- The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology ISBN 9780971360884
References[edit]
- ^ "Capclave 2018: Program Participants". www.capclave.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Balticon 53 Program Guide". schedule.balticon.org. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Balticon 49 Participants" (PDF).
- ^ "2017 Program Participants". parsec-sff.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "Mike McPhail". HELIOsphere. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Lunacon 2016 Program Guide". 2016.lunacon.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Lunacon 2016 Program Guide". 2016.lunacon.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Jessica. "DerpyCon Welcomes Author Mike McPhail". DerpyCon. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Farpoint 2019 On-Line Guide". www.myconschedule.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Danielle McPhail and Mike McPhail | Salem Community College". www.salemcc.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Mike McPhail". www.shore-leave.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Mike McPhail". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Awards, Next Generation Indie Book. "Next Generation Indie Book Awards". indiebookawards.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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