Michael P Kube-McDowell at Clarion Writers Workshop summer 1989

Michael Paul Kube-McDowell (born August 29, 1954), also known as Michael McDowell or Michael P. McDowell, is an American

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and

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author.

Background

Born Michael Paul McDowell on August 29, 1954 (

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

), he attended

St. Joseph's High School (Camden, New Jersey) St. Joseph's High School was a four-year private high school founded in 1946 by St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Diocese of Camden, located in Camden, New Jersey, that was closed in 1979 in the face of declining enrollment. History The prime mover ...

(Class of 1972) and

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

Writing career

Kube-McDowell has written for television, been a stringer for a daily newspaper, and published short fiction, reviews, assorted nonfiction and erotica. He was honored for teaching excellence by the 1985

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Commission on Presidential Scholars. Kube-McDowell's short fiction has been featured in '' Analog'', '' Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' and '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', as well as anthologies ''After the Flames'' and ''Perpetual Light''. Three of his stories have been adapted as episodes of the TV series ''

Tales from the Darkside ''Tales from the Darkside'' is an American anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero. Debuting in October 1983 with a pilot episode and then being picked up for syndication in September 1984, the show ran for 4 seasons through July ...

''. Outside of science fiction Kube-McDowell is the author of more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to "

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" to an award-winning four-part series on the state of

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. Kube-McDowell's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.

Bibliography

Series

*'' The Trigon Disunity'' **''Emprise'' (1985) **''Enigma'' (1986) **''Empery'' (1987) *''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

The Black Fleet Crisis ''The Black Fleet Crisis'' is a trilogy set in the ''Star Wars'' expanded universe. The books take place 16 years after '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope''. All three novels were authored by Michael P. Kube-McDowell and published by Banta ...

'' **'' Before the Storm'' (1996) **'' Shield of Lies'' (1996) **'' Tyrant's Test'' (1996)

Novels

*''Alternities'' (1988) *'' Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey'' (1987) *''The Quiet Pools'' (1990) *''Exile'' (1992) *'' The Trigger'' (1999) (with

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) *''Vectors'' (2002)

Young adult novels

*''Thieves of Light'' (1987) (writing as Michael Hudson)

Short stories

* ''I Shall Have a Flight to Glory'' (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology ''

Alternate Presidents ''Alternate Presidents'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. There are 28 stories in the anthology, including Resnick's own "The Bull Moose at Bay". The other remaining stories a ...

'') * ''The Inga-Binga Affair'' (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology ''

Alternate Kennedys ''Alternate Kennedys'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. There are 26 stories in the anthology, including Resnick's own "Lady in Waiting". The remaining stories by various autho ...

'') * ''Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground'' (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology ''

Alternate Warriors ''Alternate Warriors'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. The anthology contains 29 short stories, including Resnick's own "Mwalimu in the Squared Circle". The other stories are ...

'')

Awards

* Hugo Best Novel nominee (1991) : ''The Quiet Pools'' *

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nominee (1985) : ''Emprise'' * Pegasus Award for Best Performer (1994) as a member of the Black Book Band

References

External links

Official site
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