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File:MikeKearby.JPG Mike Kearby (born 1952) is an American novelist and inventor. Since 2005, Kearby has published ten novels and one graphic novel. ==Biography== Kearby was born in Mineral Wells, Texas,〔http://www.swco.ttu.edu/Reference/Collections/ReferenceList/Pages/refk.htm Texas Tech University Southwest Collection〕 and received a B.S. from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1972. He worked in the irrigation industry for 20 years where he obtained patents 5,762,270, 5,992,760, 6,478,237, 6,155,493, 6,209,801. He taught high school English and reading for 10 years and created "The Collaborative Novella Project". The project allows future authors to go through the novel writing process from idea to published work. Kearby began novel writing in 2005 and has completed ten novels, one graphic novel, and written the afterword to the (TCU Press ) 2010 release of western novelist's, Elmer Kelton, ''The Far Away Canyon''. ''Ambush at Mustang Canyon'' was a finalist for the 2008 Spur Awards. ''A Hundred Miles to Water'' was awarded the 2011 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Best Adult Fiction.〔http://www.abilenetx.com/apl/bookfest_pubs.html West Texas Book & Music Festival, 2010〕 ''Texas Tales Illustrated'' was awarded the 2012 Will Rogers Medallion for Best YA Non-Fiction.〔Cowboy Poetry, 2012 Will Rogers Medallion Award, http://www.cowboypoetry.com/willrogers.htm#2012〕 ''Men of Color'' was awarded Best Script / Winner from the Hill Country Film Festival,〔Hill Country Film Festival, HCFF Awards: 2013 Award Winners, http://www.hillcountryff.com/awards.php〕 The Los Angeles Movie Awards,〔Los Angeles Movie Awards, LAMA 2013 Winners, http://thelamovieawards.com/2013_Winners.html〕 and The Indie Gathering Film Festival.〔International Indie Gathering Film Festival: 2013 Winners, http://theindiegathering.com/page3.php〕 ''Long Term Parking'' is in pre-production for filming in the fall of 2013.〔Long Term Parking: About, http://longtermparkingmovie.com/about/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Kearby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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