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Michael J. Sullivan

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After finding a manual typewriter in the basement of a friend's house, Michael inserted a blank piece of paper and typed: It was a dark and stormy night and a shot rang out. He was just eight years old at the time. But the desire to fill the blank page and see what doors the typewriter keys would unlock wouldn't let him go. For ten years Michael developed his craft by studying authors such as Stephen King, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck...just to name a few. During that time he wrote twelve novels, and after finding no traction in publishing, he quit and vowed never to write creatively again.

Michael discovered that never is a very long time, and he ended his hiatus from writing after a decade. The itch returned when he decided to create a series of books for his then thirteen-year-old daughter, who was struggling in school due to dyslexia.

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Michael J. Sullivan is an artist and American author of epic fantasy, best known for his Riyria series, which has been translated into fourteen languages. In 2012 io9 named him one of the "Most Successful Self-Published Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors". He has written two series, The Riyria Revelations and The Riyria Chronicles. The Riyria Revelations is a six book epic fantasy series while the Riyria Chronicles is an ongoing series that centers on the early adventures the two main protagonists of Riyria Revelations.

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May 30, 2013
7:00 PM 		New York, NY New York Historical Society Audie Awards Ceremony Theft of Swords has been nominated for best Fantasy. The awards are presented...
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Jul 11, 2013
8:00 PM 		HARTFORD, CT ConnectiCon Formal Ball Held on Thursday the night before the official ConnictCon start. Only attendees who are pre-register...
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Jul 12, 2013
8:00 AM 		HARTFORD, CT ConnectiCon Guest of Honor at ConnectiCon: The convention runs July 12-14, 2013 and is held at the Connicticut C...
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#23 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy
#36 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy
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It has long been a dream of mine to stumble across someone reading my book in public. 

I imagine I am on the Metro (the DC area subway) across from a person holding open a copy of Theft of Swords. I … Read more
Posted: 7:14 AM PDT, April 24, 2013
 

 

Dialog is never written the way people speak. Mark Twain shook things up by inserting slang and bad grammar to add more of an accurate and realistic flavor, but even so, it wasn’t true to… Read more

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