Mike Kearby

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".{{cite web|last=Authors Den|title=Western Author wants kids to read about Texas -"Just for the Fun of It."|url=http://www.authorsden.com/mikekearby|publisher=Authors Dent|accessdate=6 October 2011}} 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 twelve novels, two graphic novels, and written the afterword to the TCU Press 2010 release of western novelist's, Elmer Kelton, The Far Away Canyon.{{cite journal|last=Texas State Historical Association|title=Southwestern Collection|journal=Southwestern Historical Quarterly|date=October 2010|volume=114|issue=2 |pages=181–197|doi=10.1353/swh.2007.0034 |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/search/results?search_id=1034551159&action=reload|url-access=subscription}}

Ambush at Mustang Canyon was a finalist for the 2008 Spur Awards.{{cite web|last=Cox|first=Mike|title=Texas authors winners/finalists for Spur Awards|date=31 March 2008|url=http://lonestarbooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/texas-authors-winnersfinalists-for-spur.html|publisher=Lone Star Book Blog|accessdate=6 October 2011}}

A Hundred Miles to Water was awarded the 2011 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Best Adult Fiction.{{cite web |url=http://www.abilenetx.com/apl/bookfest_pubs.html |title=West Texas Book and Author Festival -- Featured Authors & Musicians |accessdate=2011-10-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401194904/http://www.abilenetx.com/apl/bookfest_pubs.html |archivedate=2012-04-01 }} West Texas Book & Music Festival, 2010

Texas Tales Illustrated: The Texas Revolution 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, {{cite web|url=http://www.hillcountryff.com/awards.php |title=Hill Country Film Festival | May 1-4, 2014 | Fredericksburg, Texas |accessdate=2014-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811200552/http://www.hillcountryff.com/awards.php |archivedate=2014-08-11 }} 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, {{cite web |url=http://theindiegathering.com/page3.php |title=19th Indie Gathering International Film Festival & more! - 2013 Winners |accessdate=2013-08-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928170327/http://theindiegathering.com/page3.php |archivedate=2013-09-28 }}

Long Term Parking produced in 2013.[http://longtermparkingmovie.com/about/ Long Term Parking: About] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105013349/http://longtermparkingmovie.com/about/ |date=2013-11-05 }}.

Kearby was presented a Western Heritage award in 2016 from the National Cowboy Museum for Texas Tales Illustrated: The Trail Drives.{{Cite news|url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/national-cowboy-western-heritage-museum-announces-2016-western-heritage-awards-honorees-weekend-festivities/|title=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Announces 2016 Western Heritage Awards Honorees & Weekend Festivities - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|date=2016-03-22|work=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|access-date=2018-06-16|language=en-US}}

The Problem with Time Travel was Grand Prize Winner at Table Read My Screenplay Austin in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://tablereadmyscreenplay.com/winners-austin/|title=Austin Winners}}{{Cite web |title=Austin Winners |url=https://tablereadmyscreenplay.com/winners-austin/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=tablereadmyscreenplay.com}}

The Problem with Time Travel was Grand Prize Winner at the HollyShorts Film Festival in 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollyshorts.com/2020-award-winners|title = 2020 Award Winners —}}

The Problem with Time Travel had its premiere in Hollywood at the TL Chinese Theaters in August 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/hollyshorts-film-festival-jury-2022-bryan-cranston-1235333370/ |title = bryan cranston blair underwood jennifer morrisson lead hollyshorts film festival jury -}}{{Cite web |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |date=2022-08-04 |title=Bryan Cranston, Blair Underwood, Jennifer Morrison Lead Hollyshorts Film Festival Jury (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/hollyshorts-film-festival-jury-2022-bryan-cranston-1235333370/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

• The Road to a Hanging (2006)
• Ride the Desperate Trail (2007)
• Ambush at Mustang Canyon (2007), 2008 Spur Award Finalist
• The Last Renegade (2009)
• The Taken (2010)
• A Hundred Miles to Water (2010), 2011 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Best Adult Fiction{{cite web|last=The Will Rogers Medallion Award Committee|title=2011 Will Rogers Medallion Award Winners|url=http://www.willrogersmedallionaward.org/past.htm|publisher=The Will Rogers Medallion Award Committee|accessdate=6 October 2011}}
• Dead Man's Saddle (2011)

• The 13th Baktun (2008)
• Men of Color (2012)

• The Resonance (2011)
• The Devouring~Kavachi's Rise (2012)

• Texas Tales Illustrated: The Revolution (April, 2011), illustrations by: Mack White{{cite web|last=TCU Press|title=Spring 2011 Titles|url=http://www.prs.tcu.edu/spring11.html|publisher=TCU Press|accessdate=6 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930162917/http://www.prs.tcu.edu/spring11.html|archivedate=30 September 2011}}
• Texas Tales Illustrated: The Trail Drives (Feb, 2015), illustrations by: Mack White

• The Far Canyon (2010), Kearby wrote the Afterword for the Elmer Kelton TCU Press reprint

• Long Term Parking (2012) Co-written with Paul Bright
• Men of Color (2012)
• The Problem with Time Travel (2019)

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