A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel

Biographie de Michael Segedy

Michael Segedy is an award winning author. Over the years he has lived abroad in faraway places such as Taiwan, Israel, Morocco, and Peru. His life overseas has inspired him to write thrillers that include scenes set in foreign lands. Several of his works have won recognition in international book awards contests. Novels to date:Hampton Road, young adult thrillerIn Deep, a political thrillerCupiditas, a political thrillerEvil's Root, includes In Deep and CupiditasEMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thrillerOur Darker Angel, a political, psychological thrillerThe Bed Sheet Serial Killer, crime thrillerA Lethal Partnership, political thrillerSanctimonious Serial Killers, includes The Bed Sheet Serial Killer and A Lethal PartnershipWhy Blame the Stars? young adult thriller mysteryInto the Twilight, social science fictionApart from writing novels, Michael has published three non-fiction works:A Critical Look at John Gardner's GrendelTeaching Literature and Writing in the Secondary ClassroomWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson with Introduction, Notes, and Lessons by Michael SegedyHe's also published numerous academic articles about literature and writing in various scholarly journals.
Gwendolyn Brooks, former poet laureate of Illinois, presented him with Virginia English Bulletin's first place writing award.