Mike McPhail is an American author, editor, and game designer as well as publisher of fiction, and is best known for his work in military fiction.
[1] McPhail has spoken at industry and pop culture conventions, and has appeared as a guest speaker and panelist at Balticon,[2][3] Confluence,[4] Heliosphere,[5] LunaCon,[6][7] DerpyCon,[8] DexCon, Far Point,[9] Shikkaricon,[10] and Shore Leave.
[11] He is a member of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA),[5] and the creator of the Alliance Archives (All'Arc) series and its related Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG)[12] McPhail and his wife Danielle Ackley-McPhail are founders and owners of ESpec Books.
[citation needed] So It Begins was a finalist for Best Anthology at the 2009 Indie Book Awards.
[13] McPhail attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York (now the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology) and served in the Air National Guard.