Night song michael cadnum biography

  • Michael Cadnum (born ) is an American poet and novelist.
  • A poet journeys into the underworld to rescue his bride His name is Orpheus, and he is the greatest poet on Earth.
  • A two-time Edgar Allen Poe Award nominee, and an award-winning poet, Cadnum's work is widely acclaimed.

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    Michael Cadnum


    Born

    in Orange (California), The United States

    May 03,


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    Genre

    Horror, Young Adult


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    Michael Cadnum has had a number of jobs over the course of his life, including pick-and-shoveler for the York Archaeological Trust, in York, England, and substitute teacher in Oakland, California, but his true calling is writing. He fryst vatten the author of thirty-five books, including the National Book Award finalist The Book of the Lion. His Calling Home and Breaking the Fall were both nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award. He is a former Creative Writing Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts. Also a poet, he has received several awards, including Poetry Northwest's Helen Bullis Prize and the Owl Creek Book Award. Michael lives in Albany, California, with his wife Sherina.
    Michael Cadnum has had a number of jobs over the course of his life, including pick-and-shoveler for the York Archaeological Trust, in York,
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    Michael Cadnum (–) Biography

    Biographical and Critical Sources

    BOOKS

    Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 23, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI),

    St. James Guide to Young-Adult Writers, second edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI),

    PERIODICALS

    America, October 28, , p.

    Booklist, July, ; November 15, ; July, , Merri Monks, review of Taking It, p. ; August, , p. ; December 1, , p. ; March 1, , p. ; September 15, , p. ; August, , Carolyn Phelan, review of The Leopard Sword, p. ; September 15, , John Peters, review of Ship of Fire, p. ; November 15, , Linda Perkins, review of Daughter of the Wind, p. ; January 1, , Patricia Austin, review of The Book of the Lion, p. ; May 15, , Ed Sullivan, review of Blood Gold, p. ; October 1, , Gillian Engberg, review of Starfall: Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun, p.

    Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, May, , Roger Sutton, review of Calling Home, p. ; July-August, , Deborah Stevenson, review of Ed

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    Cadnum, Michael

    PERSONAL:

    Born May 3, , in Orange, CA; married; wife's name Sherina.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—Albany, CA. Agent—Michael Thomas, A.M. Heath & Co., 79 St. Martin's Ln., London WC2N 4AA, England.

    CAREER:

    Writer, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Has worked as a laborer for the York Archaeological Trust, York, England, and as a substitute teacher.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Creative writing fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts; Helen Bullis Prize, Poetry Northwest; Owl Creek Book Award; National Book Award finalist; Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist; Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist, Mystery Writers of America, for Calling Home and Breaking the Fall; National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.

    WRITINGS:

    NOVELS

    Invisible Mirror, Ommation Press (Chicago, IL),

    Nightlight, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY),

    Sleepwalker, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY),

    Saint Peter's Wolf, Carroll and Graf (New York, NY),

    Calling Hom