Born December 18, 1939, in Mitcham, Surrey, England; son of Arthur Edward and June Moorcock; married Hilary Denham Bailey (a writer), October 25, 1962 (divorced, April, 1978); married Jill Riches, May 7, 1978 (divorced, 1983); married Linda Mullens Steele, September 23, 1983; children: (first marriage) Sophie, Katherine, Max. Education: Michael Hall, Sussex, Pitman's College, Croydon, Surrey, England. Memberships: Authors Guild, Society of Authors, Royal Overseas League, Amnesty International, Southern Poverty Law Center, Fawcett Society. Addresses: Home: Bastrop, TX. Agent: Howard Morhaim, Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, 841 Broadway, Ste. 604, New York, NY 10003.

• (With James Cawthorn, under house pseudonym Desmond Reid) Caribbean Crisis, Sexton Blake Library (London, England), 1962.
• The Sundered Worlds, Compact Books (London, England), 1965, published as The Blood Red Game, Sphere Books (London, England), 1970.
• The Fireclown, Compact Books (London, England), 1965 , published as The Winds of Limbo, Sphere Books (London, England), 1970.
• (Under pseudonym James Colvin) The Deep Fix, Compact Books (London, England), 1966.
• The Wrecks of Time (bound with Tramontane by Emil Petaja), Ace Books (New York, NY), 1966, revised edition published as The Rituals of Infinity, Arrow Books (London, England), 1971.
• The Twilight Man, Compact Books (London, England), 1966, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1970, published as The Shores of Death, Sphere Books (London, England), 1970.
• The Ice Schooner, Sphere Books (London, England), 1968, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1969, revised edition, Harrap (London, England), 1985.
• Behold the Man, Allison & Busby (London, England), 1969.
• (With Hilary Bailey) The Black Corridor, Ace Books (New York, NY), 1969.
• The Time Dweller, Hart-Davis (London, England), 1969, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• (With James Cawthorn, under joint pseudonym Philip James) The Distant Suns, Unicorn Bookshop (London, England), 1975.
• Moorcock's Book of Martyrs, Quartet Books (London, England), 1976, published as Dying for Tomorrow, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1978.
• Sojan (juvenile), Savoy Books (Manchester, England), 1977.
• Epic Pooh, British Fantasy Society (London, England), 1978.
• Gloriana; or The Unfulfill'd Queen, Allison & Busby (London, England), 1978, Avon (New York, NY), 1979, Aspect (New York, NY), 2004.
• The Real Life Mr. Newman, A.J. Callow (Worcester, England), 1979.
• The Golden Barge, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1980.
• My Experiences in the Third World War, Savoy Books (Manchester, England), 1980.
• The Retreat from Liberty: The Erosion of Democracy in Today's Britain, Zomba Books (London, England), 1983.
• (With others) Exploring Fantasy Worlds: Essays on Fantastic Literature, edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Borgo (San Bernardino, CA), 1985.
• Letters from Hollywood, Harrap (London, England), 1986.
• (With James Cawthorn) Fantasy: The One Hundred Best Books, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1988.
• Mother London, Secker & Warburg (London, England), 1988, Harmony (New York, NY), 1989.
• Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Heroic Fantasy, Gollancz (London, England), 1989.
• Casablanca, Gollancz (London, England), 1989.
• Tales from the Texas Woods, Mojo Press (Austin, TX), 1997.
• Sailing to Utopia, illustrated by Rick Berry, White Wolf (Stone Mountain, GA), 1997.
• King of the City, Scribner (New York, NY), 2000.
• (With Storm Constantine) Silverheart, Simon & Schuster (London, England), 2000, Pyr (Amherst, NY), 2006.
• London Bone (stories), Scribner (New York, NY), 2001.
• (With China Mieville, Paul de Fillipo, and Geoff Ryman) Cities, Gollancz (London, England), 2003.
• The Metatemporal Detective (stories), Pyr (Amherst, NY), 2007.
• The Best of Michael Moorcock (stories), edited by John Davey, Tachyon Publications, 2009.

• (Under pseudonym Bill Barclay) Printer's Devil, Compact Books (London, England), 1966, published under name Michael Moorcock as The Russian Intelligence, Savoy Books (Manchester, England), 1980.
• (Under pseudonym Bill Barclay) Somewhere in the Night, Compact Books (London, England), 1966, revised edition published under name Michael Moorcock as The Chinese Agent, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1970.
• (Ghostwriter) Roger Harris, The LSD Dossier, Compact Books (London, England), 1966.

• The Stealer of Souls, and Other Stories (also see below), Neville Spearman (London, England), 1963, Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1967, Del Rey (New York, NY), 2008.
• Stormbringer, Herbert Jenkins (London, England), 1965, Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1967.
• The Singing Citadel (also see below), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1970.
• The Sleeping Sorceress, New English Library (London, England), 1971, Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1972, published as The Vanishing Tower, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1977.
• The Dreaming City, Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1972, revised edition published as Elric of Melnibone, Hutchinson (London, England), 1972.
• The Jade Man's Eyes, Unicorn Bookshop (London, England), 1973.
• Elric: The Return to Melnibone, Unicorn Bookshop (London, England), 1973.
• The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Bane of the Black Sword, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1977.
• The Weird of the White Wolf (contains some material from The Stealer of Souls, and Other Stories and The Singing Citadel), DAW Books (New York, NY), 1977.
• Elric at the End of Time, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Fortress of the Pearl, Ace Books (New York, NY), 1989.
• The Revenge of the Rose, Ace Books (New York, NY), 1991.

• The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino, Warner Books (New York, NY), 2001.
• The Skrayling Tree: The Albino in America, Warner Books (New York, NY), 2003.
• The White Wolf's Son: The Albino Underground, Warner Books (New York, NY), 2005.

• The War Hound and the World's Pain, Timescape (New York, NY), 1981.
• The Brothel in Rosenstrasse, New English Library (London, England), 1982, Tigerseye Press (Eugene, OR), 1986.
• The City in the Autumn Stars, Ace Books (New York, NY), 1986.
• Lunching with the Antichrist: A Family History: 1925-2015 (stories), Ziesing (Shingletown, CA), 1995.
• Von Bek, White Wolf (Stone Mountain, GA), 1995.

• Warriors of Mars (also see below), Compact Books (London, England), 1965, published under name Michael Moorcock as The City of the Beast (also see below), Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1970, Paizo Publishing, LLC (Redmond, WA), 2007.
• Blades of Mars (also see below), Compact Books (London, England), 1965, published under name Michael Moorcock as The Lord of the Spiders, Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Barbarians of Mars (also see below), Compact Books (London, England), 1965, published under name Michael Moorcock as The Masters of the Pit, Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1971.
• Warrior of Mars (contains Warriors of Mars, Blades of Mars, and The Barbarians of Mars), New English Library (London, England), 1981.
• Kane of Old Mars, White Wolf (Stone Mountain, GA), 1998.
• City of the Beat/ Warriors of Mars, Paizo Publishing, LLC (Redmond, WA), 2007.

• The Jewel in the Skull (also see below), Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1967.
• Sorcerer's Amulet (also see below), Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1968, published as The Mad God's Amulet, Mayflower Books (London, England), 1969.
• Sword of the Dawn (also see below), Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1968.
• The Secret of the Runestaff (also see below), Lancer Books (New York, NY), 1969, published as The Runestaff, Mayflower Books (London, England), 1969.
• The History of the Runestaff (contains The Jewel in the Skull, Sorcerer's Amulet, Sword of the Dawn, and The Secret of the Runestaff), Granada (London, England), 1979.
• Hawkmoon, White Wolf (Stone Mountain, GA), 1995.

• The Final Programme (also see below), Avon (New York, NY), 1968, revised edition, Allison & Busby (London, England), 1969.
• A Cure for Cancer (also see below), Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1971.
• The English Assassin (also see below), Allison & Busby (London, England), 1972.
• The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (also see below), Allison & Busby (London, England), 1976.
• The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century (also see below), Quartet Books (London, England), 1976.
• The Condition of Muzak (also see below), Allison & Busby (London, England), 1977, Gregg (New York, NY), 1978.
• The Cornelius Chronicles (contains The Final Programme, A Cure for Cancer, The English Assassin, and The Condition of Muzak), Avon (New York, NY), 1977.
• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Virgin Books (London, England), 1980.
• The Entropy Tango (also see below), New English Library (London, England), 1981.
• The Opium General (also see below), Harrap (London, England), 1985.
• The Cornelius Chronicles, Volume 2 (contains The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius and The Entropy Tango), Avon (New York, NY), 1986.
• The Cornelius Chronicles, Volume 3 (contains The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century and The Opium General), Avon (New York, NY), 1987.
• The Cornelius Quartet, Phoenix House (London, England), 1993, Four Walls Eight Windows (New York, NY), 2001.
• A Cornelius Calendar, Phoenix House (London, England), 1993.
• Firing the Cathedral, PS Publishing (Harrogate, England), 2002.

• Behold the Man, Allison & Busby (London, England), 1969, Avon (New York, NY), 1970.
• Breakfast in the Ruins: A Novel of Inhumanity, New English Library (London, England), 1972, Random House (New York, NY), 1974.

• The Knight of the Swords (also see below), Mayflower Books (London, England), 1970, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Queen of the Swords (also see below), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• The King of the Swords (also see below), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Bull and the Spear (also see below), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1973.
• The Oak and the Ram (also see below), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1973.
• The Sword and the Stallion (also see below), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1974.
• The Swords Trilogy (contains The Knight of the Swords, The Queen of the Swords, and The King of the Swords), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1977.
• The Chronicles of Corum (contains The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram, and The Sword and the Stallion), Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1978, published as The Prince with the Silver Hand, Millennium Books (London, England), 1993.

• The Eternal Champion, Dell (New York, NY), 1970, revised edition, Harper (New York, NY), 1978.
• Phoenix in Obsidian, Mayflower Books (London, England), 1970, published as The Silver Warriors, Dell (New York, NY), 1973.
• The Dragon in the Sword, Granada (London, England), 1986.

• The Warlord of the Air (also see below), Ace Books (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Land Leviathan (also see below), Quartet Books (London, England), 1974.
• The Steel Tsar (also see below), DAW Books (New York, NY), 1983.
• The Nomad of Time (contains The Warlord of the Air, The Land Leviathan, and The Steel Tsar), Granada (London, England), 1984.

• An Alien Heat (also see below), Harper (New York, NY), 1972.
• The Hollow Lands (also see below), Harper (New York, NY), 1974.
• The End of All Songs (also see below), Harper (New York, NY), 1976.
• Legends from the End of Time, Harper (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Transformations of Miss Mavis Ming, W.H. Allen (London, England), 1977, published as A Messiah at the End of Time, DAW Books (New York, NY), 1978.
• The Dancers at the End of Time (contains An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End of All Songs), Granada (London, England), 1981.

• Count Brass (also see below), Mayflower Books (London, England), 1973.
• The Champion of Garathorm (also see below), Mayflower Books (London, England), 1973.
• The Quest for Tanelorn (also see below), Mayflower Books (London, England), 1975, Dell (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Chronicles of Castle Brass (contains Count Brass, The Champion of Garathorm, and The Quest for Tanelorn), Granada (London, England), 1985.

• Byzantium Endures, Secker & Warburg (London, England), 1981, Random House (New York, NY), 1982.
• The Laughter of Carthage, Random House (New York, NY), 1984.
• Jerusalem Commands, Jonathan Cape (London, England), 1992.
• The Vengeance of Rome, Jonathan Cape (London, England), 2006.

• Blood: A Southern Fantasy, William Morrow (New York, NY), 1994.
• Fabulous Harbors, Avon (New York, NY), 1995.
• The War amongst the Angels, Avon (New York, NY), 1996.

• The Final Programme (based on his novel of the same title; removed name from credits after dispute with director), EMI, 1973.
• The Land That Time Forgot, British Lion, 1975.

• Elric: Stormbringer, Dark Horse (Milwaukie, OR), 1998.
• Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer, illustrated by Walter Simonson, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2006.
• Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress, illustrated by Steve Ellis, Del Rey (New York, NY), 2008.
• Elric: The Stealer of Souls, illustrated by John Picacio, Del Rey (New York, NY), 2008.
• Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn, illustrated by Michael William Kalut, Del Rey (New York, NY), 2008.
• Duke Elric, illustrated by Justin Sweet, Del Rey (New York, NY), 2009.

• Mervyn Peake: A Memoir (biography), Methuen (London, England), 2006.

• (And contributor, under name Michael Moorcock and under pseudonym James Colvin) The Best of "New Worlds", Compact Books (London, England), 1965.
• Best SF Stories from "New Worlds", Panther Books (London, England), 1967, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1968.
• The Traps of Time, Rapp & Whiting (London, England), 1968.
• (And contributor, under pseudonym James Colvin) The Best SF Stories from "New Worlds" 2, Panther Books (London, England), 1968, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1969.
• (And contributor, under pseudonym James Colvin) The Best SF Stories from "New Worlds" 3, Panther Books (London, England), 1968, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1969.
• The Best SF Stories from "New Worlds" 4, Panther Books (London, England), 1969, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Best SF Stories from "New Worlds" 5, Panther Books (London, England), 1969, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• (And contributor) The Best SF Stories from "New Worlds" 6, Panther Books (London, England), 1970, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• The Best SF Stories from "New Worlds" 7, Panther Books (London, England), 1971.
• New Worlds Quarterly 1, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• New Worlds Quarterly 2, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1971.
• New Worlds Quarterly 3, Sphere Books (London, England), 1971.
• (With Langdon Jones, and contributor) The Nature of the Catastrophe, Hutchinson (London, England), 1971.
• New Worlds Quarterly 4, Berkley Publishing (New York, NY), 1972.
• New Worlds Quarterly 5, Sphere Books (London, England), 1973.
• New Worlds Quarterly 6, Avon (New York, NY), 1973.
• Before Armageddon: An Anthology of Victorian and Edwardian Imaginative Fiction Published before 1914, W.H. Allen (London, England), 1975.
• England Invaded: A Collection of Fantasy Fiction, Ultramarine (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY), 1977.
• New Worlds: An Anthology, Fontana (London, England), 1983.
• H.G. Wells, The Time Machine, Tuttle (Boston, MA), 1993.
• (With Michael Butterworth) Queens of Deliria, Collector's Guide (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), 1995.
• New Worlds: An Anthology, Thunder's Mouth Press (New York, NY), 2004.

• The New Worlds Fair, United Artists, 1975.
• Dodgem Dude/ Starcruiser (single), Flicknife, 1980.
• The Brothel in Rosenstrasse/Time Centre (single), Flicknife, 1982.
• (With others) Hawkwind Friends and Relations, Flicknife, 1982.
• (With others) Hawkwind & Co., Flicknife, 1983.

Also composer of songs recorded by others, including Sonic Attack, The Black Corridor, The Wizard Blew His Horn, Standing at the Edge, Warriors, Kings of Speed, Warrior at the End of Time, Psychosonia, Coded Languages, Lost Chances, Choose Your Masks, and Arrival in Utopia, all recorded by Hawkwind; The Great Sun Jester, Black Blade, and Veteran of the Psychic Wars, all recorded by Blue Oyster Cult.

Contributor, sometimes under pseudonyms William Ewert Barclay and Michael Barrington, among others, to the Guardian, Punch, Ambit, London Times, and other publications. Contributor to anthologies, including The Road to Science Fiction 5: The British Way, edited by James E. Gunn, White Wolf (Stone Mountain, GA), 1998; and Year's Best SF 3, edited by David G. Hartwell, HarperPrism (New York, NY), 1998.

Many of Moorcock's novels have provided the stories for graphic novels, including Stormbringer, The Jewell in the Skull, and The Crystal and the Amulet, which were adapted and drawn by James Cawthorn. Writer of comic strips in early 1960s and of the DC comic Michael Moorcock's Multiverse, 1-12, 1997--.