Mike McPhail

Mike McPhail is an award-winning American author, editor, and game designer as well as publisher of fiction, and is best known for his work in military fiction.[1]

This article is about the author and game designer. For the rifle shooter, see Michael McPhail.

Mike McPhail
Born1962
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAuthor, Editor, Publisher. Gamer Designer

As an author, editor, and publisher Mike has worked on dozens of anthologies, including works by authors C. J. Henderson, Keith DeCandido, Bud Sparhawk, James Chambers, and Jack McDevitt

He is a regular speaker 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]

Mike McPhail and his wife Danielle Ackley-McPhail are founders and owners of ESpec Books. a small press publisher. Mike is the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of ESpec Book's MilSciFi imprint, which focuses on Military Science Fiction.

So It Begins was a finalist for Best Anthology at the 2009 Indie Book Awards.[13]

Personal life

Mike attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York (now the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology) and served in the Air National Guard.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife fellow author Danielle Ackley-McPhail along with three cats.

Bibliography

Short fiction

Defending the Future Series
  • 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
  • If We Had Known (Beyond the Cradle Book 1) (2017) by eSpec Books

Other Anthologies
  • 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
  1. "Capclave 2018: Program Participants". www.capclave.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. "Balticon 53 Program Guide". schedule.balticon.org. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  3. "Balticon 49 Participants" (PDF).
  4. "2017 Program Participants". parsec-sff.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  5. "Mike McPhail". HELIOsphere. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  6. "Lunacon 2016 Program Guide". 2016.lunacon.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  7. "Lunacon 2016 Program Guide". 2016.lunacon.org. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  8. Sullivan, Jessica. "DerpyCon Welcomes Author Mike McPhail". DerpyCon. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  9. "Farpoint 2019 On-Line Guide". www.myconschedule.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  10. "Danielle McPhail and Mike McPhail | Salem Community College". www.salemcc.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  11. "Mike McPhail". www.shore-leave.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  12. "Mike McPhail". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  13. Awards, Next Generation Indie Book. "Next Generation Indie Book Awards". indiebookawards.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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