Michael Bishop (author)

Michael Bishop
Born(1945-11-12)November 12, 1945
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedNovember 13, 2023(2023-11-13) (aged 78)
LaGrange, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • essayist
  • poet
  • teacher
EducationUniversity of Georgia (BA, MA)
Period1970–2021
GenreScience fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction, poetry
SubjectAnthropology, religion, American South
Spouse
Jeri Whitaker
(m. 1969)
ChildrenJamie and Stephanie
Website
michaelbishop-writer.com

Michael Lawson Bishop (November 12, 1945 – November 13, 2023) was an American author. Over five decades and in more than thirty books, he created what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature."[1]

  1. ^ Cox, F. Brett and Andy Duncan, eds., Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic, New York: Tor Books, 2004: 223