Anna asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Hi there! I was looking at books (as one does) and found this https://www.abebooks.com/9780197671238/Born-Innocent-Protecting-Dependents-Accused-9780197672/plp. Is this you? If not, I can separate it from your name. Or we can leave it as it is, there’s just a note in the GR description asking for the change. Also, yes, I’ve read everything! of yours, and passed the books on to others. Thanks for writing!

Michael J. Sullivan He Anna, Thanks for asking. There are A LOT of authors named Michael Sullivan (even a few going by Michael J. Sullivan). I just went through all my listed books and removed 4 or 5 books that were added to my account that shouldn't have been. I'm a goodreads librarian so I can do that, and I have fixed it in the past but it looks like some new ones crept in.

In some ways, it'd be really cool if all the other Michael Sullivan's were me, because not only would I be a fantasy author but I'd also be...

• The author of more than a hundred advanced math textbooks
• An expert on Chinese art
• A sports expert
• A wine and beer expert
• Savvy when it comes to international politics
• I'd know a lot about elections, social welfare, and public policy
• A history buff with knowledge of everything from the secret love affairs of presidents to Orville and Wilber Wright
• An expert on writing emails that sell
• A tax lawyer that can tell you about the secrets for IRS settlements
• one of three children's authors with 15 books between them
• I'd also have a few more novels under my belt.

I think the "other Michael Sullivan" that I'm confused with the most often is Michael John Sullivan (for the record my middle name is James). He writes Christian-based novels books he's written include:

• Necessary Heartbreak
• An Angel Comes Home
• Everybody's Daughter
• The Greatest Gift.
• The Shattered Cross

But even that Michael is cross-referenced with another Michael John Sullivan as there is another author who does kids fiction and I think these are his books:

• Whoosh! Whoosh! The SockKids Are Here!
• The SockKids Meet Lincoln
• The SockKids Say NO to Bullying
• The SockKids Help Ben Franklin
• The SockKids STOP A Bully!
• The SockKids Go Dancing
• Nick Knitley and The SockKids: Surviving The Oddly Strange Town of Millbottom

Then there is the Michael J. Sullivan who wrote:
• Forgotten Flowers
• The Journey Home
• The Journey's End

I think there's also a Michael J. Sullivan that I scared off his name because his first novel used it, but he now is publishing under the name Michael Stinger his books include:

• Runner's Dawn
• Future's Demise
• Agent Jana Rojas - Peacemaker Mission
• Royal Heist of Kasai

Another Michael Sullivan (who recently changed his name to Mike Sullivan), who is a novelist who wrote:
• Dead Girl Beach
• Ransom Drop
• Eden2
• Fort Drake Island

There is another Michael Sullivan that writes children books including:
• The Day That Granny Got Blown Away
• The Day Granny Went to the Zoo
• Who's Afraid of Mr. Bear
• Amaya and Mr. Bear go camping
• The Rabbit, the carrot, and the Ghosts
• Leave our Trees alone

And that's not all - There are are these other Michael Sullivan books (none of which are me:

• Beyond Demon
• Blood Trail
• The Dream Seeker: Jazz Man in the Pocket
• Indianersommer
•The Girl in the Second World

Had I known this was such a popular name, and that I would eventually be published, I would have selected something else :-)

flag