Award Winning Author, Michael Pickard

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English - July 09, 2014 15:00 - 46 minutes - 10.4 MB
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Mike Pickard’s writing serves as the bridge between his professional work in technology and his passion for the creative arts. Several of Pickard's short stories have been published, including Hardwired, which won a Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Prize in 2005.Pickard’s extensive background working with cutting edge technology has proved helpful for imagining fictive universes and societies. Strong satire keeps readers grounded and laughing. Pickard has studied writing at the University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Northeastern Illinois University and at the Science Fiction Novel Workshop at the University of Kansas. Pickard's major works, are Originated Under Twin Suns begins the tale, and The Gerfnit Chronicles continues the story on Urrth. Originated Under Twin Suns: Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/4164432 Ebook:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/298666

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/originated-under-twin-suns/id627389673?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

The Gerfnit Chronicles: Paperback and Ebook: http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-0000171003/The-Gerfnit-Chronicles.aspx

Ebook: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-gerfnit-chronicles/id451699774?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4