Michael Bracken

Biography

Although Michael Bracken is the author of several books--including the hardboiled private eye novel "All White Girls" and the young adult romance "Just in Time for Love"--he is best known as the prolific author of almost 1,000 short stories. He has written in nearly every genre but has been most successful with hardboiled crime fiction and women's fiction, two genres that couldn't be more unalike.

Michael is also the editor of five crime fiction anthologies, including the three-volume Fedora series, and stories from his anthologies have been short-listed for the Anthony, Derringer, Edgar, and Shamus awards.

He has contributed articles to "The Writer" and other writing publications, contributed a chapter to the writing textbook "Many Genres, One Craft," was one of five authors featured in "Writing Erotica," and was extensively quoted in "The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists." He regularly speaks about writing, editing, and publishing to audiences across the U.S. and Mexico.

Additional information about Michael, including a selected bibliography and his speaking schedule, is available at: www.CrimeFictionWriter.com. He blogs at CrimeFictionWriter.blogspot.com.

Where to find Michael Bracken online

Where to buy in print

Books

Microchick
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 54,330. Language: English. Published: June 8, 2012 by Michael Bracken. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » Science Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Erotica Anthologies
Microchick’s 24 erotic science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories are throwbacks to the paranormal fiction published in men's magazines during the late 20th Century, and feature demons, ghosts, mermaids, robots, and explicit, out-of-this-world sex.
Memories Dying
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,160. Language: English. Published: October 1, 2011 by Michael Bracken. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
Young police officer Mike Morelli expected a routine night shift in the northern California coastal town where he had lived his entire life. Then Patrick Bates, chairman of the Baker High School class of 1974 reunion committee, returned to town. Would his classmates, most of whom died graduation night, soon follow?
Unbridled Love: A Romance with Horse Sense
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,330. Language: English. Published: June 5, 2011 by Michael Bracken. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
Melissa Grant, the 25-year-old owner of a tack shop, is disgusted with the way the new riding instructor at Rocking Horse Stables treats her classmates during their first lesson, and her attempt to confront him is thwarted when she bursts into his apartment over the observation room and finds him half-undressed. Will this encounter lead to true love?

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