Michael Gear

American writer and archaeologist

William Michael Gear , más conocido como W. Michael Gear , (nacido el 20 de mayo de 1955) es un escritor y arqueólogo estadounidense. ^[1] Es el autor de la serie Forgotten Past de Norteamérica , coescrita con Kathleen O'Neal Gear . En 2021, ganó el premio Owen Wister por sus contribuciones a la literatura occidental y fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama de los Escritores Occidentales. En 2023 recibió el premio Frank Waters por "un trabajo que representa la excelencia en la escritura y la narración y que encarna el espíritu del oeste americano". Ha sido incluido en el Salón de la Fama de los Autores de Colorado. Sus novelas han sido publicadas en 29 idiomas.

Biografía

Gear nació en Colorado Springs, Colorado . Ha publicado sesenta novelas. Es mejor conocido por su serie North America's Forgotten Past, en coautoría con Kathleen O'Neal Gear, sobre la prehistoria de América del Norte. Recibió su licenciatura (1976) y su maestría (1979) de la Universidad Estatal de Colorado . Al finalizar su maestría en antropología física, comenzó a trabajar para Western Wyoming College en Rock Springs, Wyoming, como arqueólogo de campo .

A partir de 1981, Michael, junto con dos socios, creó su propia empresa de consultoría arqueológica, Pronghorn Anthropological Associates. La empresa comenzó a realizar estudios de gestión de recursos culturales en 1982. Después de vender su participación en 1984, fundó Wind River Archaeological Consultants con su esposa, Kathleen O'Neal Gear . ^[2]

La escritura de Gear se inspiró en imprecisiones históricas que encontró al leer ficción histórica. En 1978, después de leer una novela occidental sobre un recorrido por un sendero llena de imprecisiones, comenzó a trabajar en su primera novela de quinientas cincuenta páginas. Según él, "se lee mal, pero los hechos históricos son correctos". ^[3]

Gear reside actualmente en Wyoming junto con la autora y coguionista Kathleen O'Neal Gear .

Obras destacadas

Trilogía Fronteras Prohibidas

• Réquiem por el conquistador (1991)
• Reliquia del imperio (1992)
• Contramedidas (1993)

Libros de personas: primeros norteamericanos (con Kathleen O'Neal Gear)

• El pueblo del lobo (1990)
• Gente del fuego (1990)
• Gente de la Tierra (1992)
• Gente del río (1992)
• Gente del mar (1993)
• Gente de los lagos (1994)
• La gente del rayo (1995)
• La gente del silencio (1996)
• Gente de la niebla (1997)
• La gente de las máscaras (1998)
• La gente del búho (2003)
• People of the Raven (2004) Ganador del premio Spur.
• Gente de la Luna (2005) Finalista del Premio Spur.
• Gente de la tierra de la noche (2007)
• La gente del ojo lloroso (2008)
• La gente del trueno (2009)
• La gente de la casa comunal (2010)
• El país del amanecer (2011)
• La tierra rota (2012)
• La gente del sol negro (2012)
• "Copper Falcon" (2014) - cuento
• La gente de la estrella de la mañana (2014)
• "La muñeca del muerto" (2015) - cuento
• Gente del Songtrail (2015)
• Nacido el sol (2016)
• Moon Hunt (2017) Esta novela fue finalista del Premio Spur.
• Camino de las estrellas (2019)
• La gente de los cañones (2020)
• Gente de Cahokia: Lightning Shell (2022)

solo alemán

• Das Ende Aller Tage , Bastei Lübbe #16290 2007, Traductor Rainer Schumacher, ISBN  978-3-404-15748-8 (Orig. Comes a Green Sky )
• Der Eden Effekt , Bastei Lübbe #16608 2012, Traductora Karin Meddekis, ISBN 978-3-404-16608-4 (Orig. El caldero de carbón ) 
• Das letzte Gebet , Bastei Lübbe #15748 2007, Traductor Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 978-3-404-15748-8 (Orig. Para fundir una perla ) 

Camino de la Araña

• Los guerreros de la araña (1988)
• El camino de la araña (1988)
• La telaraña (1989)

La duología de Richard Hamilton

• Río de la mañana (1996) ^[4]
• Verano de coyotes (1997)

Misterios Anasazi (con Kathleen O'Neal Gear)

• El visitante (1999)
• El Dios que invoca (2000)
• Caminante de huesos (2001)

Otras novelas

• El legado del Gran Cuerno (1988)
• Largo viaje a casa (1988)
• El artefacto (1990)
• Golpe de estrella (1990)
• Herencia oscura (2001) (con Kathleen O'Neal Gear) ^[5]
• Criando a Abel (2002) (con Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
• El factor Atenas (2005)
• La traición: La vida perdida de Jesús (2008) (con Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
• Hijos de Dawnland (2009) (con Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
• This Scorched Earth (2018) (como William Gear) Finalista del Premio Spur 2019.
• La Fundación (2021)
• Evento de fractura (2021)
• Atenas desatada (2024)
• Génesis Atenea (2024)
• La ira de Atenea (2024)

La serie La batalla por América.

• La llegada de la tormenta (2010)
• Enciende el cielo (2010)
• Un viento abrasador (2011)

Serie Donovan.

• Puesto de avanzada (2018)
• Abandonado (2018)
• Paria (2019)
• No reconciliados (2020)
• A la deriva (2021)
• Ajuste de cuentas (2022)

Las crónicas de Wyoming

• Disolución (2021)
• Cuarto Cuadrante (2022)
• Después de que el águila haya caído (2023)

Serie Equipo Psi.

• El Alfa Enigma (2020)
• Alfa implacable (2022)

Trilogía El vuelo del halcón

• El río (2018)
• Las llanuras (2019)

Saga del cuarteto de sabios de la montaña

• El río de la mañana, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• El perro de la niebla blanca, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• El grito de una pantera, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• Coyote Summer, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023

ANASAZI MYSTERIES (Updated reprints)

• The Visitant (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 1), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• Where the Basilisk Dreams, (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 2), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• The Summoning God (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 3), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• The Two Hearted (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 4), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• Bone Walker (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 5), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
• Hunting Shadows (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 6), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• Children of the Dawnland, Part 1, 2023
• Children of the Dawnland, Part 2, 2024

Selected Non-fiction

• Gene-Edited Bison: A Barnyard Revolution or a Looming Disaster? in Bison Review Magazine, Winter, 2023.
• Willing Suspension of Disbelief: The Contract and Why Research Matters, published in the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Attitudes at Altitude, April, 2023.
• Does Social Media Sell Books? The Case of the Viral Tweet, in Roundup Magazine, April, 2023.
• When Buffalo Cry, Buffalo Tales and Trails, https://buffalotalesandtrails.com/author/kogwmgbuffalotalesandtrails-com/ March, 2023.
• The New Bison Genome...and another DNA test: Our opinion, Bison Review Magazine, Winter, 2022.
• PLC at Work and Your Small School, by Breez Longwell Daniels. Foreword by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Solution Tree Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2020.
• When Buffalo Cry, Roundup Magazine, February, 2020
• Meatless Meat. What's All the Fuss About? Bison Review, Winter, 2020
• The Power of an Illusion, Bison Review, Summer, 2019
• When Buffalo Cry, Bison Review, Winter, 2017.
• More on the Higgs Bison, Bison Review, Fall, 2016.
• Chunkey: America’s Ancient Game, Cobblestone, October, 2015.
• Morning Star and the Giants, Cobblestone, October, 2015.
• Are Bison Microsatellite DNA Tests Accurate? Bison Review, Winter, 2015.
• Cattle Genes in Bison: Modern or Ancient? Bison Review, Winter, 2015.
• The Dead Man’s Doll, Tor Books, April, 2015.
• Vikings in North America, Tor Books, March, 2015.
• A Prehistoric Bison Bone Sculpture. Bison Review, Summer, 2015.
• Viking Warrior Women: Did ‘Shieldmaidens’ like Lagertha Really Exist? Tor/Forge blog, May, 2015. (Tor.com)
• Wild Bison: The Search for a Definition of ‘Wild’ Behavior. Bison Review, Spring, 2014.
• Genetically Modified Bison? Let’s Not Find out if there is a Health Risk. Say NO to GMO. Bison Review, Fall, 2013.
• Chimps and Bison: The ESA Effect. Bison Review, Fall, 2013.
• The Healing Powers of Buffalo in Native America. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
• Public Comments Letter from WBA to USFWS on Woods Bison Designation. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
• Western Bison Association—Issues Paper: Conservation Herds vs. Commercial Herds. The Upcoming COSEWIC Report in Canada. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
• Petition to Remove Wood Bison from Administration Under the Provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Hybrids and the Endangered Species Act, Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Cattle Genes in Bison: The Perspectives of the WBA. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• The Effects of Cattle DNA in Bison: A New Study. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• The Global Economic Crises and Food Production: What’s in Store? Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• Response to Canadian Perspectives. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• New change to the NBA Code of Ethics—Our opinion, Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Terminology: Bison bison or Bos bison. What does it mean for us? Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Ranchers Efforts to Protect Endangered Species Foiled by Conservation Groups. Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Historical Uses of Bison. Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Hybrids and the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Western Bison Association’s Petition to Remove Wood Bison from Administration Under the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• 2011 WBA Conference Overview. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Gene Patents: Why the Bison Industry Needs a Plan for the Bison Genome. Bison Review, Fall, 2011.
• Paleobiology of Bison, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
• The Pure Bison Debate, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
• Western Bison Association Response to Conservation Committee on Proposed Conservation Guidelines for Herd Managers. Bison Review, May, 2011.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 7. Bison Review, May, 2011.
• Principles of Evolutionary Biology – and What They Mean for the Purity Issue in Bison, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
• Summary of 12th Annual Stampede, Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Possible Impacts of ‘Pure Bison’ Debate, Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Pure Bison—WBA Management Recommendations, Bison Review, January 2011.
• Western Bison Association Response to Conservation Committee on Proposed Conservation Guidelines for Herd Managers. Bison Review, May, 2011.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 6. Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Basic Principles of Evolutionary Biology – and What they Mean for the Purity Issue. Bison Review, Jan. 2011.
• Response to James Derr, Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Lessons from Ancient Egypt. Bison World Magazine, June, 2010.
• One Bison Skull Helps Rewrite Bison History. The Bison Review, Summer, 2010.
• Lessons from Ancient Egypt. Bison Review, January 2010.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 5. Nutrition. Bison Review, January, 2010.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 4.Bison Review, Fall, 2009.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 3: Buying Buffalo. Bison Review, May, 2009.
• How do the Judges Do it? Bison Review, May, 2009.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 2. Bison Review, Fall, 2008.
• Do we really want Bison to be Amenable? Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Fall, 2008.
• Should Bison be an Amenable Species? The Bison Rancher, Fall, 2008.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 1.Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
• The Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Long Version, Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
• Do We Really Want Bison to be an Amenable Species? Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
• The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Bison World Magazine, Spring, 2008.
• The Drought, Global Warming, and Our Own Backyards, Western Bison Record, March, 2007.
• Medicinal Usages of Plants by Buffalo. Western Bison Record, November, 2006.
• Prehistoric Sexual Healing Rituals, Romantic Times magazine, May, 2005.
• The Oregon Trail: The Beginning of the End for the Buffalo, Western Bison Record, June, 2005.
• Slipper: The Saga of a Buffalo Bottle-Baby. Western Bison Record, March, 2004.
• Tripping through the Mine Field: Writing Fiction about Archaeology, The Archaeological Record, November, 2003.
• From Cowboy to Buffalero: Wyoming Buffalo Ranchers Talk About the Industry, Western Farm, Ranch, and Dairy Magazine, September, 2003.
• Thirty-three Books, Co-Authors and Still Lovers? Romantic Times Magazine, Aug. 2001.
• Bone Walker and The Anasazi Mystery Series. Mystery Readers Journal, 2001.

Awards and honors

List from his personal web page:^[6]

• 1998. Arizola Magnenat Award for encouraging other Wyoming Writers, Wyoming Writers Association.
• 1998 – People of the Mist, by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, selected as winner of Booklist’s Editor’s Choice Award for “Best Adult Novel for Young Adults.”
• 1999 Emmie Mygatt Award for dedicated service and commitment to Wyoming Writers Association.
• 2000 – The Summoning God, by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, selected as one of the Top Ten Books of the Southwest by the Pima County Library Association.
• 2001 – Bone Walker, by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, selected as one of the Top Ten Books of the Southwest by the Pima County Library Association.
• 2001 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to the organization.
• 2003 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to WWA.
• 2004 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to WWA.
• 2004 – National Bison Association, "Producer of the Year Award."
• 2005 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to WWA.
• 2005 – People of the Raven, by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, winner of the Spur Award for the “Best Novel of the West,” Western Writers of America.
• 2006 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to WWA.
• 2006 – People of the Moon, Spur Award finalist, “Best Novel of the West,” Western Writers of America.
• 2007 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to WWA.
• 2007 – “Literary Contribution Award” from the Mountain Plains Library Association.
• 2007 – FFA Pride Award for agricultural education.
• 2008 – Western Writers of America “President’s Award” for dedicated service to WWA.
• 2009 – Children of the Dawnland, “Top Choice Award,” Flamingnet.
• 2009 – National Bison Association, "Producer of the Year Award."
• 2009 – Dakota Territory Buffalo Association, "Classic Producer's Award."
• 2009 – Wisconsin Bison Producers Association, "Producer of the Year Award."
• 2010 – Children of the Dawnland selected by the Kansas National Education Association for the Kansas State Reading Circle for Middle/Junior High School students.
• 2011 – People of the Masks, Massachusetts Public Library's Readers Connection – They Came Before Us Selection.
• 2012 – Founders' Award for dedicated service to the Western Bison Association
• 2013 – The Broken Land selected as the Norfolk Public Library's American Indian Heritage Month Booklist Selection
• 2018 – Moon Hunt selected as a finalist for the Spur Award in the Best Western Historical Novel category, Western Writers of America
• 2021 – The Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in Western literature https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-michael-and-kathleen-oneal-gear-to-receive-western-writers-of-americas-owen-wister-award-301215490.html
• 2021 - W. Michael Gear inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame
• 2021—International Book Award for Best Science Fiction Novel: Unreconciled.
• 2022 President's Award, Western Writers of America.
• 2022 DISSOLUTION Finalist for the Spur Award from Western Writers of America in the category of Contemporary Western Fiction.
• 2023 - The Frank Waters Award from the Friends of the Pike's Peak Library District. The award is given "For a body of work representing excellence in writing and storytelling that embodies the spirit of the American West." https://www.friendsofppld.org/event-details-registration/the-frank-waters-and-golden-quill-literary-awards-luncheon
• 2023 - FOURTH QUADRANT,International Book Award for "Best Mystery/Thriller of the Year."
• 2024 - Spur Award for "Best Short Fiction of the Year" for BAD CHOICES, published in the Ridin' With the Pack anthology, Wolfpack Publishing.
• 2024 - Finalist for the DOWNING JOURNALISM AWARD for "Gene-Edited Bison: A Barnyard Revolution?Or a Looming Disaster?" published in BISON REVIEW magazine, Winter, 2023.
• 2024 - Will Rogers Medallion Award for "Best Short Fiction of the Year" for BAD CHOICES, published in the Ridin' With the Pack anthology, Wolfpack Publishing
• 2024 - Will Rogers Medallion Award for "Best Contemporary Western Novel" for AFTER THE EAGLE HAS FALLEN, Wolfpack Publishing

References

1. Gazette, The (Colorado Springs, CO) - February 15, 1991
2. W. Michael Gear Author Biography
3. W. Michael Gear Author Biography
4. Rocky Mountain News archives
5. The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service). Publication Date: 25-APR-01
6. "Kathleen O'Neal Gear, author, best selling author, People Books, Light Trilogy, In Me Series, Children of the Dawnland, Betrayal Author". Retrieved 20 January 2021.

External links

• http://www.gear-gear.com (Biography of W. Michael Gear on his official website)