Michael J. Sullivan first gained notice for Riyria Revelations (The Crown Conspiracy [2008], Avempartha [2009], Nyphron Rising [2009], The Emerald Storm [2010], Wintertide [2010], Percepliquis [2012]) and Riyria Chronicles (The Crown Tower [2013], The Rose and the Thorn [2013], The Death of Dulgath [2015], The Disappearance of Winter’s Daughter [2017]), a pair of interrelated series set in the fantasy world of Elan. Translated into fifteen languages, the acclaimed Riyria novels have been selected for more than sixty best of the year or most anticipated lists, including mentions by Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, Audible.com, and Goodreads.

Sullivan’s third series, Legends of the First Empire, set in the distant past of Elan, explores the true history of the mythical world includes Age of Myth (2016), Age of Swords (2017), Age of War (2018), Age of Legend (2019), Age of Death (2020), and Age of Empyre (2020).

His first science fiction novel, the standalone HOLLOW WORLD came out in 2014 to overwhelming praise including a James Tiptree, Jr. Award Honorable Mention and a Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis nomination.

All of us at Tachyon wish Michael a stupendous birthday!