Some of my many favorite Authors
Authors like Mark Tufo, Armand Rosamilia, Kyle West, Michael Bunker, Tom Abrahams, Ernest Cline, Hugh Howey T.W. Piperbrook and many others were a huge influence and they might not even know it. (Find their books and read ’em!!) I enjoyed their writing styles so much they inspired me to take the plunge into finally sitting down and just getting it done.
Michael Bunker
“Both classically beautiful and stunningly original, Michael Bunker’s fiction comes at you sideways and leaves you eager for more.” ~ Ted Kosmatka, author of The Flicker Men and Prophet of Bones
“Michael Bunker is a new breed of sci-fi author… gutsy, prolific, and obsessed with his craft. Read himnow before he becomes a household name.” ~ Isaac Hooke, author of ATLAS, and THE FOREVER GATE
“Pennsylvania is a brilliant tale of extra-planetary colonization. With parallels to the European settlement of the America’s, Michael Bunker draws on his Amish roots and lifestyle to portray that tenuous balance between mankind and its machines. He also knows better than most the difficulty of surviving on civilization’s frontier. I daresay the wait for the next great Amish science fiction author may be finally at an end.” ~ Hugh Howey, New York Times Bestselling Author of Wool, Sand, and Peace in Amber.
Michael Bunker is a USA Today Bestselling author, off-gridder, husband, and father of four children. He lives with his family in a “plain” community in Central Texas, where he reads and writes books…and occasionally tilts at windmills.
Michael is the author of several popular and acclaimed works of dystopian sci-fi, including the Amazon top 20 bestselling Amish Sci-fi thriller the Pennsylvania Omnibus, the groundbreaking dystopian vision Hugh Howey called “a brilliant tale of extra-planetary colonization.” He also has written the epic post-apocalyptic WICK series, The Silo Archipelago (set in Hugh Howey’s World of WOOL,) as well as many nonfiction works, including the non-fiction Amazon overall top 30 bestseller Surviving Off Off-Grid. Michael was commissioned by Amazon.com through their Kindle Worlds program to write the first commissioned novel set in the World of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. That book is entitled Osage Two Diamonds, and it debuted on Dec. 17, 2013. Michael has been featured widely on Ozy.com as one of their Rising Stars, on NPR, and HuffPost Live and was recently interviewed in a Medium.com article that will give you more background and insight into his life and works.
On November 21st, 2014 Tales From Pennsylvania, a fanfic short story anthology featuring 10 top speculative fiction authors writing fanfic short stories in the world of Michael Bunker’s Pennsylvania, was released in paperback and e-book format. There are more than 20 authors currently writing fanfic in the world of MB’s Pennsylvania.
In November of 2015, Variety Magazine announced that Michael had sold a film/tv option for his bestselling novel Pennsylvania to Jorgensen Pictures. JP is currently developing Pennsylvania for production into a feature film or Television series. Michael is writing the first draft of the screenplay.
Readers who subscribe to Michael’s newsletter get free copies of his books, usually before they’re published.
If you are not familiar with Michael’s work, definitely start with The Pennsylvania Omnibus! Amish-Scifi! Unless, of course, you are a huge Kurt Vonnegut fan, then start with Osage Two Diamonds 
The first part of Pennsylvania is always free when you sign up for Michael’s email newsletter.
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Michael Bunker:
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Kyle West
Kyle West is the author of multiple best-selling science fiction and fantasy novels. He has written two series, The Wasteland Chronicles and The Xenoworld Saga, and has eleven books to his name. He’s pretty much a nerd, and if you’ve taken the time to actually read this because you’re interested in his novels, then you probably are, too.
Kyle enjoys reading, traveling, a good cup of coffee or well-mixed drink, among other things he can’t really think of at the moment (spoiler alert: he’s the one writing this bio). He enjoys cycling and lifting weights, mostly as a means to be fully prepared for the pending zombie apocalypse. He resides in the bustling metropolis of Oklahoma City.
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Kyle West:
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Ernest Cline
ERNEST CLINE is a novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. His first novel, Ready Player One, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, appeared on numerous “best of the year” lists, and is set to be adapted into a motion picture by Warner Bros. and director Steven Spielberg. His second novel, ARMADA, debuted at #4 on the NYT Bestseller list and is being made into a film by Universal Pictures. Ernie lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Ernest Cline:
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Hugh Howey
Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling WOOL series. The WOOL OMNIBUS won Kindle Book Review’s 2012 Indie Book of the Year Award — it has been as high as #1 on Amazon — and 40 countries have picked up the work for translation. Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian are adapting the work for 20th Century Fox.
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Hugh Howey:
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Mark Tufo
Mark Tufo was born in Boston Massachusetts. He attended UMASS Amherst where he obtained a BA and later joined the US Marine Corp. He was stationed in Parris Island SC, Twenty Nine Palms CA and Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. After his tour he went into the Human Resources field with a worldwide financial institution and has gone back to college at CTU to complete his masters.
He has written the Indian Hill trilogy with the first Indian Hill – Encounters being published for the Amazon Kindle in July 2009. He has since written the Zombie Fallout series and is working on a new zombie book.
He lives in Maine with his wife, three kids and two English bulldogs. Visit him at marktufo.com or Zombie Fallout Blogspot or Facebook for news on his next two installments of the Indian Hill trilogy and upcoming installments of the Zombie Fallout series.
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Mark Tufo:
Mark Tufo
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Armand Rosamilia
Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he writes when he’s not sleeping. He’s happily married to a woman who helps his career and is supportive, which is all he ever wanted in life…
He’s written over 150 stories that are currently available, including horror, zombies, contemporary fiction, thrillers and more. His goal is to write a good story and not worry about genre labels.
He runs two very successful podcasts on Project iRadio, too…
Arm Cast: Dead Sexy Horror Podcast – interviewing fellow authors as well as filmmakers, musicians, etc.
Arm N Toof’s Dead Time Podcast – with co-host Mark Tufo, the duo interview authors and filmmakers and anyone else they feel like talking to
He also loves to talk in third person… because he’s really that cool.
You can find him at http://armandrosamilia.com for not only his latest releases but interviews and guest posts with other authors he likes!
and e-mail him to talk about zombies, baseball and Metal:
armandrosamilia@gmail.com
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Armand Rosamilia:
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Tom Abrahams
Tom is a 2016 inductee of the International Thriller Writer’s Association.
He is a hybrid author (traditionally and self-published) who writes post-apocalyptic thrillers, action adventure, and political conspiracies.
His action-adventure ALLEGIANCE series is published by traditional publisher POST HILL PRESS.
He self-published the Amazon best selling post-apocalyptic Traveler Series (HOME, CANYON, WALL). HOME, debuted in December 2015 and held the #1 spot in Amazon’s Post Apocalyptic category for more than a month. Book 2, CANYON, reached #1 in 24 hours after it’s launch in March 2016. Book 3, WALL, debuted in June 2016.
In 2017, respected thriller publisher LUZIFER VERLAG will release a translation of HOME in German.
Tom’s next novel is SPACEMAN. It is available for pre-order and is due for release in November 2016.
The sequel to Tom’s debut political conspiracy novel, SEDITION, will release July 31, 2016. It a complex, timely novel called INTENTION.
Tom lives in the Houston suburbs with his wife, Courtney, and their two children.
Read more about Tom’s work and join his Preferred Readers Club at tomabrahamsbooks.com
Here is a link to the Amazon Page for Tom Abrahams:
Tom Abrahams
T.W. Piperbrook
T.W. Piperbrook lives in Connecticut with his wife and son. He is the author of the CONTAMINATION series, the OUTAGE series, and co-author of THE LAST SURVIVORS. In his former lives, he has worked as as a claims adjuster, an inside salesman, and a business analyst for a Fortune 500 company. He has also spent time touring across the US, Canada, and Europe as a full-time musician.
Now he spends his days fighting zombies, battling werewolves, and roaming Ancient cities.
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