Michael Merriam is an emerging science fiction and fantasy writer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He has sold fantasy and science fiction short stories and poetry to a variety of magazines, including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Fictitious Force, and Ruins: Terra.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008 for "And a Song in Her Hair" in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #26.
Nominated for the 2007 James B. Baker Award (Short Story Category) for "Jenny's Magic" in Beyond Centauri #13.
Nominated for the 2007 Preditors and Editors Reader's Choice Award: Best Author, Best SF/F Short Story ("Nor to the Strong" in Ray Gun Revival), and Best Horror Short Story ("Secret" in From the Asylum.)
Nominated for the 2006 Preditors and Editors Reader's Choice Award: Best SF/F Short Story ("The Siege of Harnlow" in Gryphonwood Fantasy Magazine.)
Two-time Semi-Finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of The Future Contest.
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL'S WORK:
"Breathtakingly beautiful." -- Tangent Short Fiction Review
"One of the hardest-working men in short fiction." -- Scott Lynch, World Fantasy Award-nominated author of The Lies of Locke Lamora
"Michael is one of the hardest-working, most prolific and most dedicated writers I know. His stories have both craft and heart, making it no surprise that his list of publications is ever-growing. I look forward to saying that I knew him when..." -- Jaye Lawrence, author of "Kissing Frogs," nominated for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for Short Fiction
Michael is Convention Coordinator for the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers, a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and a former member of the Online Writers Workshop.