Full Name Mike Moscoe Role Fiction writer Name Mike Shepherd | Website www.mikeshepherd.org Occupation writer | |
Nominations Nebula Award for Best Short Story, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, Locus Award for Best First Novel Books Kris Longknife: Furious, Defiant, The First Casualty, They Also Serve, The price of Peace Similar People Robert E Vardeman, Millie Criswell, Loren L Coleman, Ilsa J Bick, Michael A Stackpole | ||
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.
Contents
- Literary career
- Lost Millennium
- Jump Universe books
- Kris Longknife books
- Vicky Peterwald books
- Works in others series
- Non series books
- References
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".
Lost Millennium
written as Mike Moscoe
- First Dawn (1996) ISBN 0-441-00392-3
- Second Fire (1997) ISBN 0-441-00458-X
- Lost Days (1998) ISBN 0-441-00510-1
Jump Universe books
First trilogy written as Mike Moscoe, originally referred to as "The Ray Longknife books", renamed in 2012 to "Jump Universe books", and published under the name Mike Shepherd.
- The First Casualty (Jan 1, 1999) ISBN 978-0-441-00593-2
- The Price of Peace (Jan 1, 2000) ISBN 978-0-441-00695-3
- They Also Serve (Jan 1, 2001) ISBN 978-0-441-00795-0Interwar-period War
- To Do or Die (Feb 25, 2014) ISBN 978-0-425-26252-8Iteeche War
- Rita Longknife: Enemy Unknown (Mar 5, 2017) ASIN B01N4L4582
- Rita Longknife: Enemy in Sight (Aug 31, 2017) ASIN B072JS9VNW
Kris Longknife books
Written as Mike Shepherd
- Mutineer (Jan 27, 2004) ISBN 978-0-441-01142-1
- Deserter (Nov 30, 2004) ISBN 978-0-441-01227-5
- Defiant (Oct 25, 2005) ISBN 978-0-441-01349-4
- 3.5. Training Daze (Oct 4, 2011) Companion short novel ASIN B005LR5KNO
- Resolute (Oct 31, 2006) ISBN 978-0-441-01453-8
- Audacious (Oct 30, 2007) ISBN 978-0-441-01541-2
- Intrepid (Oct 28, 2008) ISBN 978-0-441-01651-8
- Undaunted (Oct 27, 2009) ISBN 978-0-441-01786-7
- Redoubtable (Oct 26, 2010) ISBN 978-0-441-01956-4 — previously called Superb, changed after release of Undaunted where the author stated the next volume's working title in the "About the Author" blurb.
- Daring (Oct 25, 2011) ISBN 978-1-937-007-03-4 — crossover preceding the Vicky Peterwald trilogy, directly preceding Vicky Peterwald: Target
- 9.5. Welcome Home/Go Away (Sep 25, 2012) Companion short novel ASIN B007FEFBEE
- Furious (Oct 30, 2012) ISBN 978-1-937-007-39-3
- 10.5. Kris Longknife's Bloodhound (Sep 3, 2013) Companion short novel ASIN B00F1KH098
- Defender (Oct 29, 2013) ISBN 978-0-425-253-41-0
- Tenacious (Oct 28, 2014) ISBN 978-0-425-252-90-1
- Unrelenting (Oct 27, 2015) ISBN 978-0-425-277-37-9 — previously called Relentless, changed to Unrelenting in March 2015
- 13.5 Kris Longknife among the Kicking Bird (Feb 6, 2017) ASIN B01MR8CBK7, This story was originally part of Kris Longknife - Unrelenting but these 7600 words had to be cut because the novel was too long. Now you can read the full story that was covered in one short paragraph in Unrelenting.
- Bold (Oct 25, 2016) ISBN 978-0-425-277-38-6 — crossover ending the Vicky Peterwald trilogy, directly succeeding Vicky Peterwald: Rebel
- 14.1. Ruth Longknife's First Christmas: A Kris Longknife Christmas Companion short story (Dec 23, 2016) ASIN B01MQZ54RS
- 14.5. Kris Longknife's Replacement: Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station Companion novel (Jan 5, 2017) ASIN B01N2P6WX3
- 14.6. Kris Longknife’s Maid Goes on Strike Segue between Relief and Replacement. ASIN B06ZY3HLJ9 Companion short story (Jun 1, 2017)
- 14.7. Kris Longknife's Relief: Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station Companion novel (July 1, 2017) ASIN B071JD5LC7
- 14.9. Kris Longknife's Bad Day Companion short novel (Apr 2, 2017) ASIN B06X3YM79W, This story was the original opening chapters for Emissary, but was cut and replaced.
- Emissary (May 1, 2017) ASIN B01N2B8PC3
- Admiral (Nov 5, 2017)
Vicky Peterwald books
Written as Mike Shepherd
- Target (June 2014) ISBN 978-0425266571 — A spin-off from Kris Longknife: Daring
- Survivor (June 2015) ISBN 978-0425266588
- Rebel (June 2016) ISBN 978-0425266595
- 3.5: Kris Longknife 14: Bold (October 2016) ISBN 978-0425277386 — crossover finishing the Vicky Peterwald trilogy arc, directly succeeding Rebel