She illustrated some of Moorcock's books, including covers, among them the dustjacket for the first edition of Gloriana ( Allison and Busby, 1978). He is also the former husband of Jill Riches, who later married Robert Calvert. Moorcock is the former husband of the writer Hilary Bailey by whom he had three children: Sophie b.1963, Katherine b.1964, and Max b. The first book he bought was a secondhand copy of The Pilgrim's Progress. Nicholas by Edwin Lester Arnold as the first three non-juvenile books that he read before beginning primary school. Moorcock has mentioned The Mastermind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw and The Constable of St. Michael Moorcock was born in London in December 1939, and the landscape of London, particularly the area of Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove, is an important influence in some of his fiction (such as the Cornelius novels). In 2008, The Times named Moorcock in its list of 'The 50 greatest British writers since 1945'. He is also a recording musician, contributing to the bands Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult, Robert Calvert, Spirits Burning, and his own project, Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix. His publication of Bug Jack Barron (1969) by Norman Spinrad as a serial novel was notorious in Parliament, some British MPs condemned the Arts Council of Great Britain for funding the magazine. Īs editor of the British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction 'New Wave' in the UK and indirectly in the United States, leading to the advent of cyberpunk. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, which were a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and '70s. He has worked as an editor and is also a successful musician. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. Science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction Novelist, journalist, script writer, musician, editor Michael Barrington (with Barrington J.

Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock