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Mike Shepherd, born Mike Moscoe, is an American science fiction writer who lives in Vancouver, WA. He was born in 1947 in Philadelphia to a Navy family and travelled a lot as a child. It was not until high school that he finished a year in the school he started. ==Literary career== After a career in government, Shepherd sold his first published writing to the science fiction magazine ''Analog''. It was a short story called "Summer Hopes, Winter Dreams" and appeared in the March 1991 issue. His short story "A Day's Work on the Moon" was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2000. Shepherd has written about one book a year. His first three books, the ''Lost Millennium'' series (''First Dawn'' in 1996, ''Second Fire'' in 1997, and ''Lost Days'' in 1998) had a combined sales of just over 20,000 copies, so his editor suggested that he switch genres, to military science fiction set in the future. His next three books, the ''Society of Humanity'' series (''The First Casualty'' in 1999, ''The Price of Peace'' in 2000, and ''They Also Serve'' in 2001) sold better, at over 10,000 copies each, but not as high as was hoped. To make a fresh start for his next series, his editor suggested that he write under a new pseudonym. His third and ongoing series, published as "Mike Shepherd", covers the exploits of Kris Longknife, a rich young naval officer who struggles to deal with the expectations and reputation of her famous family of military leaders, politicians, and billionaires. The first book, ''Mutineer'', was published in 2004 to greater success than his previous books. In a review for ''Tor.com'', Liz Bourke described the series as "pure fluff" of the good kind, that is, intellectually lightweight but "entertainingly sticky, full of implausible successes, assassins, fleet actions and daredevil do-or-die gallantry". 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 Shepherd (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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