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]
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Born | September 16 1951 United States |
Died | September 6 2021 (aged 69) Nashville, Indiana, United States |
Pen name | Lyle Brandt, Don Pendleton, Jack Buchanan, Paul Malone |
Occupation | Writer |
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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]
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]
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