Innate within Lincoln, Nebraska, Bishop received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1967 before going on to complete a master's degree in English.

His foremost promulgated function was a short story "Piñon Fall" around 1970. He won Nebula awards in 1981 & 1982 & has been nominated for many Hugo awards.

Bibliography

The Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (1975) & Unknown at Ecbatan a Trees (1976) (late republished Below a Shattered Moons) Purloined Faces (1977) A trifle Noesis (1977), a foremost book in the "Urban Nucleus" series Below a Shattered Moons & A White Otters of Childhood (1978), anthology Catacomb Years (1978), a 2nd book in the "Urban Nucleus" series Transfigurations (1979) Eyes of Fire (1980) (the rewritten version of his 1st novel) ''Under Heaven's Bridge (1981) (by owning Ian Watson), the third book in the "Urban Nucleus" series There is no Enemy However Period (1982) (Nebula Award winner) Full-blood in Arachne (1982), anthology World health organization Mass produced Stevie Crye? (1984) 1 Winter within Eden (1984), anthology Ancient of Times (1985) Close Encounters Using a Immortal (1986), anthology Philip 1000 Dick Is Dead, Alas (1987) (originally published when A Secret Ascension) Unicorn Mountain (1988) Definitely Non SF, Most (1990), anthology Count Geiger's Blues (1992) Brittle Frame (1994) At a City limits of Fate (1996), anthology Would It Wipe out Busy people to Grin? (1998, using Paul Di Filippo, as "Philip Lawson"), the number one book in the "Will Keats" series Muskrat Courage (2000, using Paul Di Filippo, as "Philip Lawson"), the 2nd book in the "Will Keats" series Blue Kansas Sky (2000), anthology Brighten to Incandescence: Xvii Stories'' (2003), anthology