Mike Robinson

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Mike Robinson is the award-winning author of multiple novels and dozens of short stories, mostly in the literary speculative vein. Among many others, his work has appeared in Clarkesworld, The Strand Magazine, American Gothic Fantasy, Storyteller, December Tales II, Underland Arcana and the forthcoming "ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Eco-Fiction." He has received honors from Writers / Illustrators of the Future, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Maxy Awards, The BookFest, Kindle Book Awards and others. His novel "Walking the Dusk" was a semifinalist for Book of the Year in Publishers Weekly's BookLife Prize.

He is also the editor of J.P. Barnett's bestselling "Lorestalker" series, and Dr. Zo's award-winning "TimeOuts" middle-grade series. As a book coach with Wordsmith Writing Coaches, he co-created the New Author Plunge, a workshop for beginning writers, and wrote copy for the Webby-winning podcast Books That Make You. In addition, he is an award-winning illustrator and screenwriter with two produced credits including "Blood Corral," now streaming on Tubi and Prime.

Otherwise, he hikes (often with dogs), swims, draws, and tries to learn the didgeridoo.

"One of the best speculative fiction authors writing now."

-- Leslie Ann Moore, bestselling author of the "Griffin's Daughter" series

"Chock full of mind-bending goodness. Mike Robinson delivers equal parts of scares and the bizarre with wit and style―put him on your list of authors to watch!"

-- Guy Anthony De Marco, HWA Bram Stoker Award Finalist