- Mike Resnick was born on March 5, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Don't Take the Name of God in Vain (1999), The Faith Machine (2011) and GenreTainment (2012). He was married to Carol L. Cain. He died on January 9, 2020 in the USA.
- SpouseCarol L. Cain(October 2, 1961 - January 9, 2020) (his death, 1 child)
- Mike's daughter, Laura Resnick, was born in 1962, and is also a writer; she has won awards for her romance novels and the 1993 Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer.
- Voted the 2004 Author of the Year on Fictionwise.com in an open competition, beating out the likes of Stephen King, Dan Brown, and Isaac Asimov.
- A Nebula Award winner and 11 time nominee. He has been nominated for the Hugo Award an astonishing 31 times, with five wins.
- His work has been translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Romanian, Finnish, Chinese, and Croatian.
- Now (2008) the leader on science fiction trade journal "Locus" list of award-winning authors (living or dead). The list also includes such notables as Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and Ray Bradbury.
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