Michael Jarrett Walsh owns and operates Old Earth Books, a small pressscience fiction publisher. He primarily publishes re-prints, though occasionally he issues original books from established authors.[1] His first publication was a short story collection Rude Astronauts, by Allen Steele, published in 1993.[2] He is active in science fiction fandom.
He is a part-time publisher: he worked full time as a sales manager for Johns Hopkins University Press from 1988 until his retirement.[8] He has worked in the book industry in some capacity for most of his life.[2] He has developed his publishing for a niche market that traditional publishers do not serve.
In 2009, he received a World Fantasy Award for publishing a Howard Waldrop short story collection, the Special Award – Non-Professional,[9] having been nominated twice before.[10]-
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