Michael McCollum

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Michael McCollum
Born1946 (age 7576)
Pen nameMichael McCollum
OccupationAuthor, aerospace engineer
NationalityAmerican
Period1979 [1] to present
Genre Science fiction
Website
www.scifi-az.com

Michael Allen McCollum (born 1946 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American science fiction author and aerospace engineer. He graduated from Arizona State University, where he studied aerospace propulsion and nuclear engineering. He is employed by Honeywell in Tempe, Arizona. [2] In 1997, he founded Sci Fi - Arizona , one of the first author-owned-and-operated virtual bookstores on the Internet. He also conducts writers workshops. [3] Most of his novels have been published as audio books by Audible Inc. [4] They have also been translated into German. [5]

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Makers series

Antares series

Gibraltar series

Standalone novels

Collections and short stories

Non-fiction

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References

  1. Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature by Brian M. Stableford, Scarecrow Press, 2004, page 222.
  2. "Biography retrieved July 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  3. Interview with author Archived 2013-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Audible.com web site
  5. Profile of author and Literature by and about Michael McCollum [ permanent dead link ] in the catalog of the German National Library
  6. "Life Probe page". Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. "Antares Dawn page". Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  8. "Gibraltar Series page". Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  9. "Individual novels page". Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  10. "Short stories". Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  11. "Non-Fiction page". Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  1. Literature by and about Michael McCollum in the catalog of the German National Library
  2. Michael McCollum at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database