| Michael P. Kube-McDowell | |
|---|---|
 Kube-McDowell at the Clarion Workshop in the summer of 1989 | |
| Born | Michael Paul McDowell (1954-08-29) August 29, 1954 (age 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's High School Michigan State University |
| Genres | |
| Notable awards | Pegasus Award (1994) |
| Website | |
| alternities | |
Michael Paul Kube-McDowell (born August 29, 1954), also known as Michael McDowell or Michael P. McDowell, is an American science fiction and non-fiction author.
Background
Born Michael Paul McDowell on August 29, 1954 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), he attended St. Joseph's High School (Camden, New Jersey) (Class of 1972) and Michigan State University.
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 White House 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. Outside of science fiction Kube-McDowell is the author of more than 500 nonfiction articles on subjects ranging from space careers to "scientific creationism" to an award-winning four-part series on the state of American education. 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 : The Black Fleet Crisis
- 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 Arthur C. Clarke)
- 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)
- The Inga-Binga Affair (1992) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Kennedys)
- Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground (1993) (collected in Mike Resnick's alternate history anthology Alternate Warriors)
Awards
- Hugo Best Novel nominee (1991) : The Quiet Pools
- Philip K. Dick nominee (1985) : Emprise
- Pegasus Award for Best Performer (1994) as a member of the Black Book Band
References
- ""Why 'Memorial'? Why 'Free Range'? Why 'Salt Lick'? Why these pages?" The St. Joseph High School Memorial Free Range Salt Lick website". Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- "Michigan Writers Series". Michigan State University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- (see review "Our Land, Our Literature: Literature - Michael P. Kube-McDowell". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-10-06.)
- "Pegasus Awards - Michael Kube-McDowell".
External links
- Official site
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Review of Alternities at the Wayback Machine (archived May 16, 2011)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Writers from Camden, New Jersey
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American science fiction writers
- Michigan State University alumni
- American male short story writers
- Writers from Philadelphia
- Indiana University South Bend alumni
- Michigan State University faculty
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from Pennsylvania
- Novelists from New Jersey
- Novelists from Michigan
- Filkers