Bill McCay

Bill McCay (born April 6, 1951)¹ is an American author and has written over seventy books in total, mostly media tie-ins.

McCay co-wrote two novels in the Raven League series with Alex Simmons:²³

• Buffalo Bill Wanted! (2006)
• Sherlock Holmes Is Missing! (2007)

McCay contributed the first novel in the Mage Knight wargaming tie-in:

• Rebel Thunder (2003)

McCay contributed several novels in the Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers series:

• Cyberspy (1999) with Tom Clancy and Steve R. Pieczenik
• The Great Race (1999)
• Private Lives (2000)
• Duel Identity (2000)
• Cold Case (2001)

McCay contributed two books to the Nintendo Adventure Books series:

• Monster Mix-Up (1991)
• Koopa Capers (1991)

• Crossover (1993)⁴
• Villains (1994)
• Odyssey (1996) with Stan Lee

• Chains of Command (1992) with Eloise Flood⁵

Extended novelization of the original film, based on Roland Emmerich's backstory notes.

• Rebellion (1995)
• Retaliation (1996)
• Retribution (1997)
• Reconnaissance (1998)
• Resistance (1999)

McCay contributed four books to the Tom Swift series, writing under both house pseudonyms Victor Appleton and Franklin W. Dixon.

• The Black Dragon (1991) [as by Victor Appleton]
• The Negative Zone (1991) [as by Victor Appleton]'
• Time Bomb (1992) (A Hardy Boys & Tom Swift Ultra Thriller as Franklin W. Dixon)
• The Alien Factor (1992) (A Hardy Boys & Tom Swift Ultra Thriller as Franklin W. Dixon)