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Mike McPhail

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Mike McPhail
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAuthor
SpouseDanielle Ackley-McPhail

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

McPhail has spoken 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]

McPhail and his wife Danielle Ackley-McPhail are founders and owners of ESpec Books. a small press publisher.[citation needed]

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

Personal life

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

Bibliography

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Short fiction

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Defending the Future Series

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  • 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

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

Other Anthologies

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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.