- Mike Resnick was born on March 5, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Don't Take the Name of God in Vain (1999), Finding the Future: A Science Fiction Conversation (2004) and 50th Anniversary Brunch Noreascon Three Videotape (1989). He was married to Carol L. Cain. He died on January 9, 2020 in the USA.
- SpouseCarol L. Cain(October 2, 1961 - January 9, 2020) (his death, 1 child)
- Mike's daughter, Laura Resnick, was born in 1962, and is also a writer; she has won awards for her romance novels and the 1993 Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer.
- Voted the 2004 Author of the Year on Fictionwise.com in an open competition, beating out the likes of Stephen King, Dan Brown, and Isaac Asimov.
- A Nebula Award winner and 11 time nominee. He has been nominated for the Hugo Award an astonishing 31 times, with five wins.
- His work has been translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Romanian, Finnish, Chinese, and Croatian.
- Now (2008) the leader on science fiction trade journal "Locus" list of award-winning authors (living or dead). The list also includes such notables as Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Ray Bradbury.
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