Michael newton author biography sample

American writer (1951–2021)

Michael Newton (September 16, 1951 – September 6, 2021)^[1] was an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's The Executioner book series.^[2][3]

Biography

Altogether, Newton published 357 books, which included 258 novels and 99 nonfiction books.

He also published 91 nonfiction articles and 58 shorter pieces, including chapters in several best-selling true-crime anthologies.

In 2017 Newton received the Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker Award from Western Fictioneers, honoring his publication of 62 western novels.^{[citation needed]}

Cryptozoology

Newton's Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006.

The book features 2,744 entries on cryptozoology with a glossary and lengthy bibliography.^[4] It was positively reviewed in The Quarterly Review of Biology as enjoyable read