Michael Hurley
Author | Charleston, SC, USA |
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Michael Hurley is the author of three novels and several works of nonfiction. His debut novel, The Prodigal, won the Chanticleer Reviews Grand Prize for Book of the Year in 2013. His second novel, The Vineyard, won the 2015 Eric Hoffer Award for General Fiction. A memoir, Once Upon A Gypsy Moon, was published in 2013 b.... more
Michael Hurley is the author of three novels and several works of nonfiction. His debut novel, The Prodigal, won the Chanticleer Reviews Grand Prize for Book of the Year in 2013. His second novel, The Vineyard, won the 2015 Eric Hoffer Award for General Fiction. A memoir, Once Upon A Gypsy Moon, was published in 2013 by Hachette Book Group. His essay collection, Letters from the Woods, was shortlisted for Book of the Year in 2005 by ForeWord Reviews. Between 1995 and 2003, he published a quarterly literary journal on wilderness canoeing, now collected in a single hardcover volume entitled Hurley’s Journal. He wrote The Passage while living in England and Wales. He keeps a journal and stays in touch with readers on his website, www.mchurley.com.