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Michael
Thomas

Michael Thomas is the author of The Broken King, a memoir about four generations of men in his family, and the novel Man Gone Down, winner of the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Man Gone Down was also selected as one of the New York Times Book Review’s top five novels of the year and was a Notable Book by both the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Thomas received his BA from Hunter College and his MFA from Warren Wilson College and is a full-time professor of English at Hunter College.

Michael Thomas is the author of The Broken King, a memoir about four generations of men in his family, and the novel Man Gone Down, winner of the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Man Gone Down was also selected as one of the New York Times Book Review’s top five novels of the year and was a Notable Book by both the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Thomas received his BA from Hunter College and his MFA from Warren Wilson College and is a full-time professor of English at Hunter College.

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