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ⓘ About Mike Cooper
Mike Cooper is the pseudonym of Mike Wiecek, an award-winning author best known for writing popular international thrillers. As Wiecek, he has won several awards the most prestigious of which was the nomination for the Shamus Award for his short stories and a nomination for the ITW’s nomination for “Exit Strategy”. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Cooper never wanted to be a writer from a very young age. In his younger years, he wanted to be an astronaut, a scientist, and a police officer. He was born in Boston but his family moved around a lot from Boston to New Hampshire, to Wisconsin before finally settling in Missouri. Most made for book parts of Mike Cooper’s biography happened long before he became a writer.
All Book Series by Mike Cooper
Exit Strategy
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2005 Pen name · Mike Wiecek
Killer Fiction: 11 Short Stories of Killers, Fixers, and P.I.s
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2010
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mike Cooper?
Mike Cooper is the pseudonym of Mike Wiecek, an award-winning author best known for writing popular international thrillers. As Wiecek, he has won several awards the most prestigious of which was the nomination for the Shamus Award for his short stories and a nomination for the ITW’s nomination for “Exit Strategy”. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Cooper never wanted to be a writer from a very young age.
Which Mike Cooper series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Mike Cooper Standalone Novels series, the earliest of Mike Cooper's multi-book series: it opens with Exit Strategy (2005) and runs to 2 books across 2005–2017, ending with The Downside (2017). Mike Cooper's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Mike Cooper written?
Mike Cooper has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2017. 5 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Silas Cade series with 2 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mike Cooper's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mike Cooper's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mike Wiecek Short Stories/Novellas (2000, 1 book), Mike Cooper Standalone Novels (2005–2017, 2 books) and Silas Cade (2012–2013, 2 books).
How are Mike Cooper's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mike Cooper's 8 books into 3 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Silas Cade (2 books, 2012–2013); Mike Cooper Standalone Novels (2 books, 2005–2017); Mike Wiecek Short Stories/Novellas (1 book, 2000).