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- Birth nameMichael Lawson Bishop
- Michael Bishop was born on November 12, 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Michael was a writer, known for Monsters (1988) and Tales from the Darkside (1983). Michael was married to Jeri Whitaker. Michael died on November 13, 2023 in LaGrange, Georgia, USA.
- SpouseJeri Whitaker(1969 - December 13, 2023) (his death, 2 children)
- Michael Lawson Bishop is the author of sixteen novels and a wide range of stories, essays, and poems.
- Over four decades and in more than thirty books, he created what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature.".
- Bishop identified as a Christian.
- Bishop's childhood was the peripatetic life of a military brat. He went to kindergarten in Tokyo, Japan, and he spent his senior year of high school in Seville, Spain.
- His son Christopher James "Jamie" Bishop died in the mass shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007. He created the covers for five of Bishop's books. Since Jamie's death, Bishop and his wife have been active proponents of gun control legislation.
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