Michael Damian Thomas is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Locus Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. In these roles, Michael has won nine Hugo Awards, a British Fantasy Award, a World Fantasy Award, and a Parsec Award. Michael was a Hugo Award finalist as the former Managing Editor of Apex Magazine (2012-2013), co-edited the Hugo Award finalist essay anthology Queers Dig Time Lords (Mad Norwegian Press, 2013) with Sigrid Ellis, co-edited the anthology Glitter & Mayhem (Apex Publications, 2013) with John Klima and Lynne M. Thomas, and co-edited the Locus Award finalist anthology The Best of Uncanny (Subterranean Press, 2019) with Lynne M. Thomas.
Michael was additionally a contributor to the SF Squeecast podcast (with Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente), a contributor to the Down and Safe- Blake’s 7 podcast (with Amal El-Mohtar, Scott Lynch, and L.M. Myles), and is currently the Content Editor of the It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton podcast.
Michael was formerly the full-time caregiver of his late daughter, Caitlin. Caitlin had a rare congenital disorder called Aicardi syndrome. Michael currently lives in Urbana, Illinois.
