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. Many of his works have won recognition in prestigious international book awards contests.Novels to date: Hampton Road, a psychological thrillerIn Deep, a political thrillerCupiditas, a political thrillerEvil's Root, a compilation of In Deep and CupiditasEMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thrillerOur Darker Angel, a crime thrillerSanctimonious Serial Killers, a crime thriller Apart 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. He and his family currently spend half of the year living in the US and the other half in Lima, Peru.