Michael Jasper, author

Michael Jasper's published books include:

• Urban fantasy novel A GATHERING OF DOORWAYS (Prime Books, 2009)
• SF novel THE WANNOSHAY CYCLE (Five Star Books, 2008)
• Paranormal romance novel HEART'S REVENGE (Five Star Books, 2006, writing as Julia C. Porter)
• Story collection GUNNING FOR THE BUDDHA (Prime Books, 2005)

He wrote the web comic "IN MAPS & LEGENDS" with artist Niki Smith, which WON the November 2009 competition at DC Comics' Zuda imprint, earning them a one-year contract with DC to continue the storyline starting in March 2010.

He has published over four dozen short stories in places such as Asimov's, Strange Horizons, Polyphony, Writers of the Future, O. Henry Festival Stories, and Paper Cities (recent recipient of the World Fantasy Award).

For more information about his work, see his website and his Amazon.com Author page.

"In his third novel, speculative-fiction rising star Jasper offers a finely nuanced blend of fantasy and horror." — Carl Hays, Booklist (for A GATHERING OF DOORWAYS)

"A strong and compulsively readable novel about family and friends and the horrors, ordinary and not so ordinary, that beset them. From first page to last, Mike Jasper’s A GATHERING OF DOORWAYS is a cut above." — Lucius Shepard, author of The Jaguar Hunter and Softspoken

"Jasper imagines what first contact might be beyond Wellsian invasion—not hostile, necessarily, on either side, but rife with conflict due to misunderstandings and the problems faced by both cultures." — Regina Schroeder, Booklist (for THE WANNOSHAY CYCLE)

"While this world may seem darker and more dystopian by the day, avid, talented newcomers like Jasper help us keep the faith." — Faren Miller, Locus (for GUNNING FOR THE BUDDHA)

A GATHERING OF DOORWAYS, an urban fantasy, from Prime Books, Jan. 2009. Read an excerpt.

IN MAPS & LEGENDS, an ongoing webcomic for Zuda Comics (an imprint of DC Comics), starting March 2010.

THE ALL NATIONS TEAM, a historical baseball novel (unpublished) based on the first-ever integrated team of not just black and white players, but players from Mexico, China, the Philippines, and elsewhere. See the Publishers Marketplace Rights Listing page or read an excerpt and a related story.

A SUDDEN OUTBREAK OF MAGIC, a YA contemporary fantasy novel (unpublished) about contagious magic unleashed by two teens in Dubuque, Iowa, of all places. See the Publishers Marketplace Rights Listing page and read an excerpt and a related story.

THE WANNOSHAY CYCLE, a near-future science fiction novel, from Five Star Books, 2008 (MMPB, electronic, film rights available). See the Publishers Marketplace Rights Listing page and read an excerpt.

HEART'S REVENGE, a paranormal romance from Five Star Books, 2006 (MMPB, electronic, film rights available). See the Publishers Marketplace Rights Listing page and read an excerpt. Currently earning royalties for the hardcover edition.