Michael Bishop (born November 12 1945) is an American science-fiction writer. He also writes as Philip Lawson.

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Bishop received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1967 before going on to complete a master's degree in English.

His first published work was the short story "Piñon Fall" in 1969. He won Nebula awards in 1989, 1990 and 1991 and has been nominated for numerous Hugo awards.

Bibliography

• A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (1975)
• And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees (1976) (also titled Beneath the Shattered Moons)
• Stolen Faces (1977)
• A Little Knowledge (1977), the first book in the "Urban Nucleus" series
• Beneath the Shattered Moons and The White Otters of Childhood (1978), anthology
• Catacomb Years (1978), the second book in the "Urban Nucleus" series
• Transfigurations (1979)
• Eyes of Fire (1980)
• Under Heaven's Bridge (1981) (with Ian Watson), the third book in the "Urban Nucleus" series
• No Enemy But Time (1982)
• Blooded on Arachne (1982), anthology
• Who Made Stevie Crye? (1984)
• One Winter in Eden (1984), anthology
• Ancient of Days (1985)
• Close Encounters With the Deity (1986), anthology
• Philip K Dick Is Dead, Alas (1987) (also titled The Secret Ascension)
• Unicorn Mountain (1988)
• Emphatically Not SF, Almost (1990), anthology
• Count Geiger's Blues (1992)
• Brittle Innings (1994)
• At the City Limits of Fate (1996), anthology
• Would It Kill You to Smile? (1998), the first book in the "Will Keats" series
• Muskrat Courage (2000), the second book in the "Will Keats" series
• Blue Kansas Sky (2000), anthology
• Brighten to Incandescence: 17 Stories (2003), anthology