W. Michael Gear

{{short description|American writer and archaeologist}}

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| notable_works = North America's Forgotten Past series

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William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, (born May 20, 1955) is an American writer and archaeologist.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F34BBCD9811B6A1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - February 15, 1991] He is the author of North America's Forgotten Past series, co-written with his wife Kathleen O'Neal Gear. His novels have been published in 29 languages.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}