What is Mike Resnick?
[[File:Imaginales 2016 - Mike Resnick 2.jpg|right|200px]] '''Michael Diamond Resnick''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɛ|z|n|ɪ|k}}; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer under the name '''Mike Resnick'''. He won five [[Hugo Award]]s. He was executive editor of ''[[Jim Baen's Universe]]''. Resnick was born in [[Chicago]]. He was best known for his [[novella]]s ''[[The Goddess of Ganymede]]'', ''[[Stalking the Unicorn]]'' and ''[[Kirinyaga (novel)|Kirinyaga]]''. Resnick was diagnosed with an aggressive form of [[lymphoma]] in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mike-resnick-pay-off-a-neardeath-experience|title=Help Mike Resnick's widow pay off medical bills|publisher=GoFundMe|access-date=January 9, 2019}}</ref> He died from the disease at a hospital in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]] on January 9, 2020 at the age of 77.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/01/mike-resnick-dead/ |title=Mike Resnick Dies: Hugo Award-Winning Writer Dead at 77 |access-date=2020-01-09 |archive-date=2020-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109192220/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/01/mike-resnick-dead/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Mike_Resnick.htm Bibliography] - cleaner and easier to read than the one at the official site *[http://digital.lib.usf.edu/?u29.59-r29-ead Mike Resnick Papers]{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the [http://lib.usf.edu University of South Florida] * [http://www.actusf.com/spip/?article3030 Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712013058/http://www.actusf.com/spip/?article3030 |date=2010-07-12 }} (in French) sur actusf.com * [http://michaelaventrella.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/interview-with-hugo-and-nebula-award-winning-author-mike-resnick Interview] by Michael A. Ventrella, July 2009 *[http://www.fantasyliterature.com/author-interviews/2544/ FantasyLiterature.com interviews Mike Res