Biography:Michael Newton (author)

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Short description: American writer (1951–2021)
Michael Newton
BornUnited States
DiedSeptember 6, 2021(2021-09-06) (aged 69)
Nashville, Indiana, U.S.
Pen nameLyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan, Paul Malone
OccupationWriter
Genre
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
  • Adventure
  • Historical
  • True crime
  • Western, How-to
Website
michaelnewton.homestead.com

Michael Newton (September 16, 1951 – September 6, 2021)[1] was an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's The Executioner book series.[2][3]

Biography

Altogether, Newton published 357 books, which included 258 novels and 99 nonfiction books. He also published 91 nonfiction articles and 58 shorter pieces, including chapters in several best-selling true-crime anthologies.

In 2017 Newton received the Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker Award from Western Fictioneers, honoring his publication of 62 western novels.[citation needed]

Cryptozoology

Newton's Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006. The book features 2,744 entries on cryptozoology with a glossary and lengthy bibliography.[4] It was positively reviewed in The Quarterly Review of Biology as enjoyable reading and an important resource on the topic.[4]

Bibliography

The Executioner

  • #--: The Executioner's War Book (with Don Pendleton)
  • #29: Command Strike (with Don Pendleton)
  • #30: Cleveland Pipeline (with Don Pendleton)
  • #31: Arizona Ambush (with Don Pendleton)
  • #32: Tennessee Smash (with Don Pendleton)
  • #38: Satan's Sabbath (with Don Pendleton)
  • #41: The Violent Streets
  • #45: Paramilitary Plot
  • #49: Doomsday Disciples
  • #55: Paradines Gauntlet
  • #60: Sold for Slaughter
  • #68: Prairie Fire
  • #71: Blood Dues
  • #75: The Bone Yard
  • #77: Hollywood Hell
  • #81: Shock Waves
  • #83: Missouri Deathwatch
  • #89: Defenders and Believers
  • #91: The Trial
  • #100: Blood Testament
  • #101: Eternal Triangle
  • #103: Assault on Rome
  • #106: Run to Ground
  • #108: Time to Kill
  • #111: The Fiery Cross
  • #114: Cold Judgment
  • #119: Line of Fire
  • #124: Night Kill
  • #129: Haitian Hit
  • #133: Blood Run
  • #142: Fatal Error
  • #149: Blood Rules
  • #151: Message to Medellin
  • #155: Hawaiian Heat
  • #162: Colors of Hell
  • #165: Fire Sweep
  • #170: Baja Blitz
  • #186: Fire Burst
  • #187: Cleansing Flame
  • #190: Killing Range
  • #194: Deadly Contest
  • #200: Crisis Point
  • #206: Hunting Cry
  • #210: Fire Lash
  • #211: Steel Claws
  • #212: Ride the Beast
  • #222: Patriot Gambit
  • #223: Hour of Conflict
  • #224: Call to Arms
  • #229: Zero Tolerance
  • #233: Tough Justice
  • #249: Shadow Target
  • #258: Target Lock
  • #268: Shattered Trust
  • #269: Shifting Shadows
  • #270: Judgment Day
  • #277: Dirty Mission
  • #281: Blood Stone
  • #287: Rogue Warrior
  • #290: Pursued
  • #300: Warrior's Requiem
  • #303: Sea of Terror
  • #308: Into the Fire
  • #309: Flames of Fury
  • #310: Killing Heat
  • #317: Hour of Judgment
  • #330: Dual Action
  • #334: Jungle Justice
  • #338: Nuclear Reaction
  • #344: Primal Law
  • #357: Extreme Justice
  • #361: Final Resort
  • #366: Pele's Fire

SuperBolan

  • #5: Flight 741
  • #8: Rogue Force
  • #13: Flesh and Blood
  • #19: Assault
  • #29: Lethal Impact
  • #36: Hellground
  • #39: Blood Strike
  • #41: Vendetta
  • #43: Omega Game
  • #47: Jungle Law
  • #56: Terror Spin
  • #64: Initiation
  • #65: Cloud of Death
  • #66: Termination Point
  • #69: Vengeance
  • #71: Killsport
  • #79: Power of the Lance
  • #80: A Dying Evil
  • #88: Sleepers
  • #93: Retaliation
  • #107: Survival Reflex
  • #111: State of Evil
  • #116 Ripple Effect
  • #124: Colony of Evil
  • #129: Altered State

Stony Man

  • #7: Stony Man VII
  • #9: Strikepoint
  • #11: Target America
  • #15: Blood Debt
  • #17: Vortex
  • #28: Blood Star

The Destroyer

  • #108: Bamboo Dragon
  • #110: Never Say Die
  • #132: Wolf's Bane
  • #133: Troubled Water

as Lyle Brandt

The Gun Series

  • The Gun (2002)
  • Justice Gun (2003)
  • Vengeance Gun (2004)
  • Rebel Gun (2005)
  • Bounty Gun (2006)

Lawman Series

  • The Lawman (2007)
  • Slade's Law (2008)
  • Helltown (2008)
  • Massacre Trail (2009)
  • Hanging Judge (2009)
  • Manhunt (2010)

Non-fiction

References

  1. Author Biography
  2. Bradley Mengel Serial Vigilantes of Paperback Fiction: An Encyclopedia from Able Team to Z-Comm. — McFarland, 2009. — P. 168
  3. "Michael Newton". Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5753367.Michael_Newton. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Bayless, Mark K. (2005). "Reviewed Works: The Beasts that Hide from Man: Seeking the World’s Last Undiscovered Animals by Karl P N Shuker; Cryptozoology: Science & Speculation by Chad Arment; Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide to Hidden Animals and Their Pursuers by Michael Newton". The Quarterly Review of Biology 80 (3): 367. 

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