birth_place pseudonym nationality genre article_title name occupation
united states lyle brandt , don pendleton , jack buchanan american mystery crime , western , how to , thriller , adventure , historical , true michael newton -lrb- author -rrb-
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michael newton -lrb- author -rrb-

michael newton -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is an american author best known for his work on don pendleton 's mack bolan series .
newton began work on the executioner series by co-writing `` the executioner 's war book '' with don pendleton in 1977 .
since then he has been a steady writer for the series with almost 90 entries to his credit , which triples the number written by creator don pendleton .
his skills and knowledge of the series have allowed him to be picked by the publishers to write the milestone novels such as # 100 , # 200 , and # 300 .
writing under the pseudonym lyle brandt , michael newton has also become a popular writer of western novels .
he has written a number of non-fiction titles as well , including a book on genre writing -lrb- `` how to write action adventure novels '' -rrb- and numerous true crime titles .
his book `` invisible empire : the ku klux klan in florida '' won the florida historical society 's 2002 rembert patrick award for best book in florida history .
newton 's `` encyclopedia of cryptozoology '' won the american library association 's award for outstanding reference work in 2006 .
