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John Michael Sharkey (May 6, 1931 – September 28, 1992) was an American writer who published over eighty plays, many under pen names.

Sharkey was born in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Mary Sharkey. In the 1960s, he wrote articles for Playboy and edited the company magazine for Allstate Insurance. He began publishing science fiction stories in 1959 with "The Captain of His Soul", which appeared in Fantastic. Over his career, he published about fifty stories in science fiction magazines such as Galaxy Science Fiction.

Sharkey wrote plays under his own name and four pseudonyms: Rick Abbot, Mark Chandler, Monk Ferris, and Mike Johnson.