Mike McQuay explained

Mike McQuay
Birth Name:	Michael Dennis McQuay
Pseudonym:	Jack Arnett, Don Pendleton
Birth Date:	3 June 1949
Birth Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States^[2]
Occupation:	Novelist
Genre:	Science fiction

Michael Dennis McQuay (3 June 1949 – 27 May 1995^[2]) was an American science fiction writer.^[3] His series include Mathew Swain, Ramon and Morgan, Executioner, and SuperBolan. The Book of Justice series he wrote as Jack Arnett. He also wrote the second of the Isaac Asimov's Robot City novels. His non-series novel Memories was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 1987.^[4]

McQuay taught creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma for more than ten years, and died of a heart attack at 45.^[2]

Mathew Swain novel series

• Hot Time in Old Town (1981)
• When Trouble Beckons (1981)
• The Deadliest Show in Town (1982)
• The Odds are Murder (1983)

Ramon and Morgan series

• Pure Blood (1985)
• Mother Earth (1985)

Executioner series (as Don Pendleton)

• Death Has a Name (1986)
• Code of Dishonor (1987)
• American Nightmare (1987)
• Killing Urge (1988)

Mack Bolan series (as Don Pendleton)

• Fire in the Sky (1988)
• Tooth and Claw (1996)
• Day of the Vulture (1997)

Book of Justice series (as Jack Arnett)

• Genocide Express (1989)
• Zaitech Sting (1990)
• Death Force (1990)
• Panama Dead (1990)

Non-series novels

• Life-Keeper (1980)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• State of Siege (1984)
• Jitterbug (1984)
• My Science Project (1985)
• The MIA Ransom (1986)
• Memories (1987)
• (1987)
• The Nexus (1988)
• Pixel (1988)
• Puppetmaster (1991)
• Richter 10 (1996) (with Arthur C. Clarke)

External links

• Bibliography with book cover gallery at FantasticFiction.co.uk
  • • Jeff Arnett at LC Authorities (2 records) and at WorldCat

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: McQuay, Mike . The Science Fiction Encyclopedia.
2. Web site: Heart Attack Claims Writer Mike McQuay . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150110022553/http://newsok.com/heart-attack-claims-writer-mike-mcquay/article/2504222 . 2015-01-10 . News OK.
3. Web site: Science Fiction (Published 1996) . .
4. Web site: March 8, 2003 . 1987 Philip K. Dick Award . December 12, 2023 . Philip K. Dick Award.