Michael Allen McCollum (born 1946 in

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) is an American

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author and aerospace engineer. He graduated from

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, where he studied aerospace propulsion and nuclear engineering. He is employed by

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in Tempe, Arizona. 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. Most of his novels have been published as audio books by ''Audible Inc''. They have also been translated into German.

Bibliography

''Makers'' series

*''Life Probe'' (1983, Del Rey, ) *''Procyon's Promise'' (1985, Del Rey, )

''Antares'' series

*''Antares Dawn'' (1986, Del Rey, ) *''Antares Passage'' (1987, Del Rey, ) *''Antares Victory'' (2002, SciFi Arizona, )

''Gibraltar'' series

*''Gibraltar Earth'' (1999, SciFi Arizona, ) *''Gibraltar Sun'' (2006, SciFi Arizona, ) *''Gibraltar Stars'' (2009, SciFi Arizona, )

Standalone novels

* ''A Greater Infinity'' (1982, Del Rey, ) * ''Thunderstrike'' (1989, Del Rey, ) * ''The Clouds of Saturn'' (1991, Del Rey, ) * ''The Sails of Tau Ceti'' (1992, Del Rey, ) * ''Euclid's Wall'' (2012, SciFi Arizona, ) * ''Lost Earth'' (2020, SciFi - Arizona)

Collections and short stories

* ''Gridlock and Other Stories'' (1998, SciFi Arizona, )

Non-fiction

* ''The Art of Writing, Volume 1'' (2000) * ''The Art of Writing, Volume 2'' (2000) * ''The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 1'' (2000) * ''The Art of Science Fiction, Volume 2'' (2000) * ''The Astrogator's Handbook'' (2000)

References

External links

in the catalog of the

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