Michael Shepherd

Michael or Mike Shepherd may refer to:

Mike Shepherd (author)

Mike Shepherd, born Mike Moscoe, is an American science fiction writer who lives in Vancouver, WA. He was born in 1947 in Philadelphia to a Navy family and travelled a lot as a child. It was not until high school that he finished a year in the school he started.

Literary career

After a career in government, Shepherd sold his first published writing to the science fiction magazine Analog. It was a short story called "Summer Hopes, Winter Dreams" and appeared in the March 1991 issue.

His short story "A Day's Work on the Moon" was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 2000.

Shepherd has written about one book a year. His first three books, the Lost Millennium series (First Dawn in 1996, Second Fire in 1997, and Lost Days in 1998) had a combined sales of just over 20,000 copies, so his editor suggested that he switch genres, to military science fiction set in the future. His next three books, the Society of Humanity series (The First Casualty in 1999, The Price of Peace in 2000, and They Also Serve in 2001) sold better, at over 10,000 copies each, but not as high as was hoped. To make a fresh start for his next series, his editor suggested that he write under a new pseudonym.

Mike Shepherd (music producer)

Mike "Sheppy" Shepherd, born 1977, is a music producer and head engineer of Lakewind Sound. He was born and raised in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. He graduated from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology (OIART) in 1998.

Shepherd started working at the studio soon after graduation. In 1999 Shepherd was made the studio's head engineer . The following year Lakewind Sound won the East Coast Music Awards "Studio of the Year" award and the studio later won six more consecutive awards. The studio also won five MIANS "Studio of the Year" awards. Shepherd has been nominated in engineer/technician categories of the ECMAs, Music Nova Scotia and its predecessor MIANS. He received the "Engineer of the Year" award from Music Nova Scotia in 2005 and 2006. His clients have included Damhnait Doyle, MIR, and Nick Van Eede (Cutting Crew frontman). Shepherd owns his own graphic design company Blazed Media Designs and has designed many album covers and artists' websites. As well as engineering he has produced recordings.