Born Michael Brotherton in Granite City, Illinois and grown up in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended college at Rice University and graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin.He is currently a tenured Professor of Astronomy at the University of Wyoming at Laramie.

Mike Brotherton writes hard science-fiction stories with well developed characters.

For a living, Mike is an observational astronomer, researching quasars and active galactic nuclei.

Combining his interest in science fiction writing and astronomy, Mike organizes the yearly Launch Pad workshop, which teaches astronomy to writers of science fiction and fantasy.

Fiction

• Star Dragon (2003)
• Spider Star (2008)