This is evident in the realistic depiction of soldiers and the life of a soldier during wartime.Īfter retiring from the military, Mike became a teacher though he always wanted to become an author. Having spent more than twenty seven years in the military and obtaining a master’s degree in military history has clearly been instrumental in his writing of the Planetside series. Apart from the literary influences, Mammay has also been influenced by his experiences as an army officer serving in different theaters of war in Africa and the Middle East.

Getting a good reaction was all he needed and after reading “Heart of Darkness” he sat down to write the rest of the novel. It took one night to write a complete chapter that he sent out to several readers. For his debut novel “Planetside,” he was not influenced by science fiction but rather was inspired by his reading of “Gone Girl.” He had been penning his manuscripts in the third person and he was hit by the beauty of first-person voice in “Gone Girl” that he knew he had to write a novel in the same voice. Growing up, Michael read a lot of fantasy and science fiction and since he also read and taught literature, by the time he decided to become an author, he understood most aspects of literary writing. Michael currently lives with his wife in Georgia. The veteran army man fought in several wars including Somalia, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and by the time he retired he had risen through the ranks and was a colonel just like the lead characters in his debut novel “Planetside.” The novel was Library Journal’s selection for the best book of 2018. Once he left the military, he went on to teach American literature before he quit to become a full-time author. Since he graduated with a military history degree and served in the military for many years, he has the knowledge and experience to write military science fiction novels he has become so popular for. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at WestPoint though he is now a retired army officer. Before he became an author, he spent several decades in the army.

Michael Mammay is a American bestselling author of science fiction novels who is best known for the “Planetside” series of novels.

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