A native of Chicago , Resnick is a graduate of Highland Park High School ( Class of 1959 ) in Highland Park , Illinois . He attended the University of Chicago from 1959 to 1961 where he met his future wife , Carol L. Cain ( November 2 , 1942 ) . The couple were married 1961 . In the 1960s and early 1970s , Resnick wrote more than 200 " adult " novels under pseudonyms , edited seven tabloid newspapers , and edited a trio of men 's magazines . He also produced a weekly column on horse racing for more than a decade , and for eleven years wrote a monthly column on purebred collies , which he and his wife bred and exhibited . His wife is also a writer , and , according to his biography , an uncredited collaborator on much of his science fiction and a co-author on two movie scripts that they 've sold , based on his novels '' Santiago '' and '' The Widowmaker '' . She also created costumes in which she and Mike appeared in five Worldcon masquerades in the 1970s , winning four out of five contests . His daughter Laura Resnick is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author . Resnick 's papers , consisting of at least 125 boxes , are in the Special Collections Library of the University of South Florida in Tampa . He was the Guest of Honor at Chicon 7 , the 70th World Science Fiction Convention , held in Chicago in 2012
70th World Science Fiction Convention
70th World Science Fiction Convention
Mike Resnick