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Michael Swanwick

Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950)[1] is an American fantasy and science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s.[2]

Michael Swanwick

(1950-11-18) November 18, 1950

Author

1980s–present

Science fiction, fantasy

Personal life[edit]

Swanwick thanks his wife, Marianne C. Porter, in all his books, referring to her as "the M. C. Porter Endowment for the Arts".[8]


He was a friend of Gardner Dozois and Susan Caspar for many years. From this friendship grew Being Gardner Dozois and several collaborations, including the novel City Under the Stars.[9]

In the Drift (1985)

(1987)

Vacuum Flowers

(1991)

Stations of the Tide

(1993)

The Iron Dragon's Daughter

(1997)

Jack Faust

(2002), Nebula Award nominee, 2002; Hugo, Locus SF, and Campbell Awards nominee, 2003

Bones of the Earth

(2008), Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 2009

The Dragons of Babel

The Iron Dragon's Mother (2019)

City Under the Stars (2020), with

Gardner Dozois

Swanwick's weblog

at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Michael Swanwick

at Free Speculative Fiction Online

Michael Swanwick's online fiction

a photo-story at Flickr

"October Leaves"