Michael Largo
{{Short description|American writer}}
Michael Largo, born in Staten Island (New York) is an American writer.{{Cite news |date=2013-04-12 |title=A beast of a book: Michael Largo comes to campus for book signing |language=en-US |url=https://panthernow.com/2013/04/12/a-beast-of-a-book-michael-largo-comes-to-campus-for-book-signing/ |access-date=2023-08-22}} Largo received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction, 2006, for Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die.
The Portable Obituary was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
Bibliography
- Nails in Soft Wood (Piccadilly Press, 1974)
- Southern Comfort (New Earth Books, 1977)
- Lies Within (Tropical Press, 1997; {{ISBN|0-9666173-0-4}})
- Best of Pif. Edited by Camille Renshaw (Fusion Press, 2000; {{ISBN|1-928704-75-1}})
- Unusual Circumstances : Short Fiction. (Pocol Press, 2000; {{ISBN|1-929763-03-4}})
- Welcome to Miami (Tropical Press, 2001; {{ISBN|0-9666173-4-7}})
- Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die (HarperCollins, 2006; {{ISBN|0-06-081741-0}}){{Cite news |last=Tourtelot |first=Nicole |date=2008-10-13 |title=Michael Largo Is A Curator Of Death |language=en-US |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a5239/genius-and-heroin-blog/ |access-date=2023-08-22}}
- The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died (HarperCollins, 2007; {{ISBN|0-06-123166-5}}){{Cite news |last=Ogle |first=Connie |date=2014-08-17 |title=Michael Largo’s ‘Big, Bad Book of Botany’ explains it all to you |work=The Miami Herald |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/books/article1979899.html |access-date=2023-08-21}}
- Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages' (HarperCollins, 2008 {{ISBN|0-06-146641-7}})
- God's Lunatics: Lost Souls, False Prophets, Martyred Saints, Murderous Cults, Demonic Nuns, and Other Victims of Man's Eternal Search for the Divine (HarperCollins, 2010; {{ISBN|0-06-173284-2}})
- The Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures; William Morrow, {{ISBN|978-0062087454}}{{Cite news |date=2014-11-18 |title=Botany Tour For The Book Fair: Stories From Michael Largo |language=en |work=WLRN |url=https://www.wlrn.org/culture/2014-11-18/botany-tour-for-the-book-fair-stories-from-michael-largo |access-date=2023-08-22}}{{Cite news |date=2023-05-18 |title=‘The Big, Bad Book of Beasts,’ by Michael Largo |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-big-bad-book-of-beasts-by-michael-largo/2013/05/28/9e97d6b4-c2f6-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html |access-date=2023-08-22 |issn=0190-8286}}
- The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora; William Morrow; {{ISBN|978-0062282750}}
=Co/author=
- SEAL Survival Guide: A Navy SEAL's Secrets to Surviving Any Disaster; Gallery Books; {{ISBN|978-1451690293}}
- Easy Street (the Hard Way): A Memoir; Da Capo Press; {{ISBN|978-0306824180}}
References
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External links
- {{official site|https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/michael-largo}}
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Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers
Category:People from the East Village, Manhattan
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