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William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, (born May 20, 1955) is an American writer and archaeologist. He is the author of North America's Forgotten Past series, co-written with Kathleen O'Neal Gear. In 2021 he won the Owen Wister Award for lifetime contributions to western literature, and was inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame. In 2023 he received the Frank Waters Award for "a body of work representing excellence in writing and storytelling that embodies the spirit of the American West." He's been inducted into the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame. His novels have been published in 29 languages. Biography Gear was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He's published sixty novels. He is best known for his North America's Forgotten Past series, co-authored with Kathleen O'Neal Gear, about North American prehistory. He received his B.A. (1976) and M.A. (1979) from Colorado State University. Upon completion of his Master's in physical anthropology he went to work for Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs, Wyoming as a field archaeologist. Beginning in 1981, Michael, along with two partners, put together his own archaeological consulting company, Pronghorn Anthropological Associates. The company began doing cultural resource management studies in 1982. After he sold his interest in 1984, he started Wind River Archaeological Consultants with his wife, Kathleen O'Neal Gear. Gear's writing was inspired by historical inaccuracies he encountered in reading historical fiction. In 1978, after reading a Western novel about a trail drive that was filled with inaccuracies, he began work on his first five hundred and fifty page novel. According to him, it "reads wretchedly - but the historical facts are correct!" Gear currently resides in Wyoming along with author and co-writer Kathleen O'Neal Gear. Notable works Forbidden Borders trilogy Requiem for the Conqueror (1991) Relic of Empire (1992) Countermeasures (1993) People Books - First North Americans (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) People of the Wolf (1990) People of the Fire (1990) People of the Earth (1992) People of the River (1992) People of the Sea (1993) People of the Lakes (1994) People of the Lightning (1995) People of the Silence (1996) People of the Mist (1997) People of the Masks (1998) People of the Owl (2003) People of the Raven (2004) Spur Award Winner. People of the Moon (2005) Spur Award Finalist. People of the Nightland (2007) People of the Weeping Eye (2008) People of the Thunder (2009) People of the Longhouse (2010) The Dawn Country (2011) The Broken Land (2012) People of the Black Sun (2012) "Copper Falcon" (2014)--short story People of the Morning Star (2014) "The Dead Man's Doll" (2015)--short story People of the Songtrail (2015) Sun Born (2016) Moon Hunt (2017) This novel was a Spur Award finalist. Star Path (2019) People of the Canyons (2020) People of Cahokia: Lightning Shell (2022) German only Das Ende Aller Tage, Bastei Lübbe #16290 2007, Translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 978-3-404-15748-8 (Orig. Comes a Green Sky) Der Eden Effekt, Bastei Lübbe #16608 2012, Translator Karin Meddekis, ISBN 978-3-404-16608-4 (Orig. The carbon cauldron) Das letzte Gebet, Bastei Lübbe #15748 2007, Translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 978-3-404-15748-8 (Orig. To cast a pearl) Way of Spider The Warriors of Spider (1988) The Way of Spider (1988) The Web of Spider (1989) The Richard Hamilton Duology Morning River (1996) Coyote Summer (1997) Anasazi Mysteries (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) The Visitant (1999) The Summoning God (2000) Bone Walker (2001) Other Novels The Big Horn Legacy (1988) Long Ride Home (1988) The Artifact (1990) Starstrike (1990) Dark Inheritance (2001) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) Raising Abel (2002) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) The Athena Factor (2005) The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus (2008) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) Children of the Dawnland (2009) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) This Scorched Earth (2018) (as William Gear) 2019 Spur Award finalist. The Foundation (2021) Fracture Event (2021) Athena Unleashed (2024) Genesis Athena (2024) Athena's Wrath (2024) The Battle for America series. Coming of the Storm (2010) Fire the Sky (2010) A Searing Wind (2011) Donovan Series. Outpost (2018) Abandoned (2018) Pariah (2019) Unreconciled (2020) Adrift (2021) Reckoning (2022) The Wyoming Chronicles Dissolution (2021) Fourth Quadrant (2022) After The Eagle Has Fallen (2023) Team Psi Series. The Alpha Enigma (2020) Implacable Alpha (2022) Flight of the Hawk trilogy The River (2018) The Plains (2019) Saga of the Mountain Sage quartet The Morning River, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 The White Mist Dog, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 A Panther's Scream, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 Coyote Summer, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 ANASAZI MYSTERIES (Updated reprints) The Visitant (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 1), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 Where the Basilisk Dreams, (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 2), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 The Summoning God (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 3), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 The Two Hearted (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 4), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 Bone Walker (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 5), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 Hunting Shadows (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 6), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023 CHILDREN'S BOOKS Children of the Dawnland, Part 1, 2023 Children of the Dawnland, Part 2, 2024 Selected Non-fiction Gene-Edited Bison: A Barnyard Revolution or a Looming Disaster? in Bison Review Magazine, Winter, 2023. Willing Suspension of Disbelief: The Contract and Why Research Matters, published in the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Attitudes at Altitude, April, 2023. Does Social Media Sell Books? The Case of the Viral Tweet, in Roundup Magazine, April, 2023. When Buffalo Cry, Buffalo Tales and Trails, https://buffalotalesandtrails.com/author/kogwmgbuffalotalesandtrails-com/ March, 2023. The New Bison Genome...and another DNA test: Our opinion, Bison Review Magazine, Winter, 2022. PLC at Work and Your Small School, by Breez Longwell Daniels. Foreword by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Solution Tree Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2020. When Buffalo Cry, Roundup Magazine, February, 2020 Meatless Meat. What's All the Fuss About? Bison Review, Winter, 2020 The Power of an Illusion, Bison Review, Summer, 2019 When Buffalo Cry, Bison Review, Winter, 2017. More on the Higgs Bison, Bison Review, Fall, 2016. Chunkey: America’s Ancient Game, Cobblestone, October, 2015. Morning Star and the Giants, Cobblestone, October, 2015. Are Bison Microsatellite DNA Tests Accurate? Bison Review, Winter, 2015. Cattle Genes in Bison: Modern or Ancient? Bison Review, Winter, 2015. The Dead Man’s Doll, Tor Books, April, 2015. Vikings in North America, Tor Books, March, 2015. A Prehistoric Bison Bone Sculpture. Bison Review, Summer, 2015. Viking Warrior Women: Did ‘Shieldmaidens’ like Lagertha Really Exist? Tor/Forge blog, May, 2015. (Tor.com) Wild Bison: The Search for a Definition of ‘Wild’ Behavior. Bison Review, Sprin.... Discover the W Michael Gear popular books. Find the top 100 most popular W Michael Gear books.