The man himself turns 69 years old today. Happy birthday, Mike! And many happy returns of the day!

Incidentally, John Picacio has some great gift suggestions:

I suppose the best b-day gift an author can receive is for folks to buy his/her books, and since we're in the gift-giving season, the new Del Rey editions of Mike's classic ELRIC work make excellent stocking stuffers. :) The first three of a six-book series are available here, here, and here.