Melisa Michaels

{{Short description|American author (1946–2019)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Melisa C. Michaels

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|05|31}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|08|30|1946|05|31}}

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| occupation = Science fiction and mystery author

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Melisa C. Michaels (May 31, 1946 – August 30, 2019)[https://www.sfwa.org/2019/09/in-memoriam-melisa-c-michaels/ In Memoriam-Melisa C. Michaels], sfwa.org, Retrieved September 03, 2019 was an American science fiction and mystery author. Her novel Skirmish was nominated for a Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1986.{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Mark|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1986 Locus Awards|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1986.html#nvl1|publisher=Locus Magazine|accessdate=22 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616011806/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Locus1986.html#nvl1|archivedate=16 June 2010}} An active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), she served on the Nebula Awards jury three times, in 1996, 1997 and 2002.{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Mark|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Judges and Jurors|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Judge13.html#3595|publisher=Locus Magazine|accessdate=22 May 2012}} In 2008, she received a SFWA Service Award.{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Mark|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2008 Other SFWA Awards|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Sfwa2008.html#service|publisher=Locus Magazine|accessdate=22 May 2012}}

Selected works

=''Skyrider'' series=

  • Skirmish (1985) {{ISBN|0-8125-4566-4}} Tor Books
  • First Battle (1985) {{ISBN|0-8125-4568-0}} Tom Doherty Assoc
  • Last War (1986) {{ISBN|0812545702}} Tor Books
  • Pirate Prince (1987) {{ISBN|0-8125-4572-9}} Tor Books
  • Floater Factor (1988) {{ISBN|0-8125-4578-8}} Tor Books

=''Rosie Lavine'' series=

  • Cold Iron (1997) {{ISBN|0-451-45654-8}} Roc
  • Sister to the Rain (1998) {{ISBN|0-451-45730-7}} Roc

=Novels=

  • Through the Eyes of the Dead (1988) {{ISBN|0-8027-5718-9}} Walker & Co
  • Far Harbor (1989) {{ISBN|0-8125-4581-8}} Tor Books
  • World-Walker (2004) {{ISBN|1-59414-215-7}} Five Star

=Anthologies containing stories by Melisa Michaels=

  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980) {{ISBN|0-345-28601-4}} Del Rey
  • Horrors (1986) {{ISBN|0-451-45515-0}} Roc
  • Almanahul Anticipația 1984 (1983) Știință & Tehnică

=Short stories=

  • ″In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See″ (1979)
  • ″A Demon in My View″ (1981)
  • ″I Have a Winter Reason″ (1981)
  • ″I Am Large, I Contain Multitudes″ (1982)
  • ″Renascence″ (1982) with Terry Carr
  • ″Intermezzo″ (1983)
  • ″Painted Houses″ (1999)

=Essays=

  • ″Stalking the Wily Label″ (1998)

=Cover Art=

  • The Darkover Concordance: A Reader's Guide (1979)
  • Bones of the World (2001)
  • The Ballad of Billy Badass and the Rose of Turkestan (2001)

References

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Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015235950/http://www.sff.net/people/JBailey/melisa.htp Interview]
  • [http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/oct97/michaels.htm Interview]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080926104212/http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/sf/books/m/mlscmchl.htm Reviews]