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2010
01.09

About Michael

Michael Thomas Barry is the award winning author of eight nonfiction books that have garnered nearly two dozen literary awards. Most notably are the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award (bronze medal) and 2011 & 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award (silver & gold medals).

Between 2012-2018, Michael was a columnist for CrimeMagazine.com, where he penned the weekly column “This Week in Crime History.” In 2016, he became a staff reviewer for the New York Journal of Books.

As a contributing correspondent his reviews have appeared in over a dozen Southern California newspapers that include The Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Pasadena Star-News San Bernadino Sun, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Redland Daily Facts and others.

The author has made several television appearances that include Investigation Discovery Channel’s Deadly Women and True Nightmares series, as well as PBS SoCal’s Real Orange. He is a proud member of The Mystery Writers of America, The Authors Guild, and International Federation of Journalists.

Michael is a graduate of the California State University, Fullerton with Bachelors degrees in criminal justice (1990) and history (2000). During the latter, he was honored by the national council of Phi Alpha Theta for his conspicious attainments and scholarship in the field of history. His research paper Agitation & Emigration: The Coalfields of Great Briatin, 1901-1913 was chosen as one of the most exceptional papers of 1998 and published in the Welebaethan Journal of History.

In 1992, Michael recieved a certificate in legal assistantship from the University of California, Irvine and recently completed courses in Roman Art and Archaeology from the University of Arizona and Ancient Eqypt from the University of Pennyslvania.

He grew up in Wheeling, Illinois and currently resides in Orange, California.

Write to Michael at ocauthor6434@gmail.com

  • California's Deadly Women

    Murder and Mayhem in the Golden State 1850–1950


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      • California Crime

        In the Company of Evil Thirty Years of California Crime, 1950-1980


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        • America's Literary Legends

          America's Literary Legends: The Lives & Burial Places of 50 Great Writers


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          • Short Story

            Once in a Blue Moon

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            • Literary Legends

              The Lives & Burial Places of 50 Great Writers

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            • Great Britain's Royal Tombs

              A Guide to the Lives and Burial Places of British Monarchs

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            • Murder and Mayhem

              52 Crimes that Shocked Early Califonia

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            • Fade to Black

                 

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            • Final Resting Places


                 

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            • Reviews and Testimonials

              "This is an enjoyable read offering more then the interesting anecdotes and history so well described by Michael Barry, but an opportunity for loyal fans to pay their respects to those they love and admire. Thank you Michael for your gift and I hope others enjoy it as much as I have."

              -Celeste Holm, winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1948

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