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Michael Flynn (writer)

Michael Francis Flynn (December 20, 1947[1] – September 30, 2023) was an American science fiction author. Nearly all of Flynn's work falls under the category of hard science fiction, although his treatment of it can be unusual since he applied the rigor of hard science fiction to "softer" sciences such as sociology in works such as In the Country of the Blind. Much of his short fiction appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.[2]

Michael Flynn

Michael Francis Flynn

(1947-12-20)December 20, 1947

September 30, 2023(2023-09-30) (aged 75)

Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

American

Early life and education[edit]

Flynn was born in Easton, Pennsylvania to his parents, Joseph and Rita (Singley) Flynn. He had a brother, Dennis, who died in childhood. Flynn attended and graduated from Notre Dame High School, then located in Bethlehem Township.[3]


He earned a B.A. in mathematics from La Salle University in Easton, and an M.S. in topology from Marquette University in Milwaukee. He began but did not complete a Ph.D at the University of Colorado Boulder.[2][4]

1987 Eifelheim

novella

1988 novella

The Forest of Time

1995 novella Melodies of the Heart

2005 The Clapping Hands of God

novelette

2007 novelette "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth"

2007 Eifelheim (based on the 1987 novella)

novel

2015 novelette "The Journeyman: In the Stone House"

Death[edit]

Flynn died at his childhood home in Easton, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 2023, at age 75. He is interred at New St. Joseph's Cemetery in Easton.[3] He was predeceased by his wife of 49 years, Margie.[7][8]

Flynn, Michael. The January Dancer; Macmillan, (2008).

at Spectrum Literary Agency

Biography

Flynn's blog

at The Express-Times

"Obituary"