American writer (1951–2021)
Michael Newton (September 16, 1951 – September 6, 2021)[1] was an American author best known for his work on Don Pendleton's The Executioner book series.[2][3]
Biography
Altogether, Newton published 357 books, which included 258 novels and 99 nonfiction books. He also published 91 nonfiction articles and 58 shorter pieces, including chapters in several best-selling true-crime anthologies.
In 2017 Newton received the Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker Award from Western Fictioneers, honoring his publication of 62 western novels.[citation needed]
Cryptozoology
Newton's Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology won the American Library Association's award for Outstanding Reference Work in 2006. The book features 2,744 entries
on cryptozoology with a glossary and lengthy bibliography.[4] It was positively reviewed in The Quarterly Review of Biology as enjoyable reading and an important resource on the topic.[4]
