Michael Newton

Born in California, Michael Newton has published 350 books under his own name and various pseudonyms since 1977. He began writing professionally as a "ghostwriter" for author Don Pendleton on the series. bestseller Executioner And he continues his work on that series to this day. With 136 episodes published so far, Newton has tripled the number of Mack Bolan novels completed by the creator himself, Pendleton.
Newton's first book bearing his own name was Monsters, Mysteries and Man (1979), an exploration of unexplained phenomena for younger readers. Although most of Newton's published books have been novels—including westerns, political thrillers, and psychological suspense—he is equally known for nonfiction, primarily true crime and reference books.
His list of compliments is long. Newton's Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (2000) is in its second edition. The Invisible Empire (2001) won the prize Rembert Patrick from 2002 Florida Historical Society Best Book in Florida History. Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology (2005) was listed as one of the twelve books on the 2006 List of Outstanding Reference Sources. American Library AssociationYour western, Hanging Judge, was a finalist in Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America from 2010. His western, Manhunt, won the Prize Peacemaker of 2010 Western fiction writers, and his novel, Avenging Angels, was a finalist in the same category, and was also a finalist in 2011. Best Royal Mass Market Paperback to Western writers of America's Spur Awards. Your western, Trails of Blood, was nominated for the WWA Spur Awards from 2011 as Best Western NovelYour western The Big River: The Avenging Angel was one of the finalists in Peacemaker Awards from 2014 for the novel Best Western of the Western fiction writersHe also received the award for his body of work in 2017 from Western fiction writers.
He lives in Nashville, Indiana.