Michael J Sullivan

New York Times Bestselling Fantasy Author

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One of the few authors successfully published through small press, self, and ‘big six’ publishing, Michael J Sullivan has sold more than 1+ million books, has been translated into fourteen foreign languages (including German, Russian, French, and Japanese), and had been named to io9’s Most Successful Self-Published Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors list.

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With four (and counting) different series and an impressive backlog, check out these and more books for you to read.

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And so it begins . . . a red carpet roll out of Michael’s protégé

Hey all, Robin here. Michael and I have been keeping a pretty big secret under wraps, but it’s time to start letting the proverbial cat out of the bag.  I’m speaking about the identity of the co-author who, along with Michael, has written Out of the Ashes (Book one of the After the Fall series). We couldn’t be … Read more

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Metrics, measures, and success

Hey all, Robin here. Michael and I might just be old fuddy-duddys, but we aren’t glued to our phones (I don’t know where mine is most days) like many are. As such, we’ve  never used Tik-Tok or Instargram, and we aren’t really on social media (goodreads being the exception). Yes, we have facebook accounts, but … Read more

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Legends of the First Empire Hardcovers Out of Print

As many of you may know, the Legends of the First Empire was a hybrid publishing project. The first three books were released through Penguin Random House’s Del Rey imprint, and the last three books were self-published by us. These books were also released as mass market paperbacks, ebooks, and audiobooks (both dramatic multi-cast dramatic … Read more

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Michael J Sullivan

I'm a New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling author with 9 Goodreads Choice Award Nominations.

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