Mike Resnick

Mike Resnick

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1942-03-05
Deathday: 2020-01-09 (77 years old)

Biography

Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct magazine Jim Baen's Universe, and the creator and editor of Galaxy's Edge magazine. Resnick was born in Chicago on March 5, 1942. He was a 1959 graduate of Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois. He sold his first piece of writing in 1957, while still in high school.: 27  He attended the University of Chicago from 1959 to 1961 and met his future wife, Carol L. Cain, there. The couple began dating in mid-December 1960 and were engaged by the end of the month.: 27  They were married in 1961.In the 1960s and early 1970s, Resnick wrote over 200 erotic adult novels under various pseudonyms and edited three men's magazines and seven tabloid newspapers. For over a decade he wrote a weekly column about horse racing and a monthly column about purebred collies, which he and his wife bred and showed. His wife was an uncredited collaborator on much of his science fiction and a co-author on two movie scripts they sold, based on his novels Santiago and The Widowmaker.: 9  His daughter Laura Resnick is a science fiction and fantasy author.Resnick lived in Cincinnati from 1976 until his death following a battle with cancer on January 9, 2020.

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1942-03-05

Deathday
2020-01-09 (77 years old)

Birth Name
Michael Diamond Resnick

Children
Laura Resnick

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Seiun Award for Best Translated Novel, Locus Award for Best Novelette, Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novella, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, Hugo Award for Best Novella, Hayakawa Award

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