Michael Sledge

{{short description|American writer}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Michael Sledge

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| birth_date = March 15, 1972

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

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| occupation = Writer

| nationality = American

| genre = fiction, memoir

| notableworks= The More I Owe You

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Michael Sledge (n. Houston, March 15, 1972) is an American writer.[http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Novelist-Sledge-finds-oneness-with-poet-Bishop-3175955.php "Novelist Sledge finds oneness with poet Bishop"]. SFGate.com, August 31, 2010. His 2010 debut novel The More I Owe You, about the relationship between Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares,[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/books/review/Wineapple-t.html "Questions of Travel"]. The New York Times, July 9, 2010. won the Ferro-Grumley Award in 2011[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/04/29/publishing-triangle-award-winners/ "Publishing Triangle Award Winners"]. Lambda Literary Foundation, April 29, 2011. and was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian Debut Fiction category at the 23rd Lambda Literary Awards.[http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-unveiled/26714 "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Unveiled"]. Adweek, March 16, 2011.

Originally from Texas, Sledge previously published the memoir Mother and Son, about his relationship with his mother, who did not fully accept that he had come out as gay, in 1995.[http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-684-81064-5 "Mother and Son: A Memoir"]. Publishers Weekly, September 4, 1995. At the time, he worked primarily as a technical and science editor.