Michael Craig Zadoorian

Born: 02/26/1957   Detroit , MI
Parents: Norman and Rosemary Zadoorian
Spouse: Rita M.
Address(es):
Permanent :
Ferndale , MI
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.michaelzadoorian.com
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Beautiful Music: a novel
- Michigan Notable Book, 2019 Also available as an audio book.
Fiction , Michigan Adult Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books 2018
The leisure seeker Fiction Adult New York : Harper 2010
The lost tiki palaces of Detroit : stories
- 2010 Michigan Notable Book.
Fiction , Michigan , Short Stories Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 2009
Image of Second Hand : A Novel Second Hand : A Novel
- A novel about things you throw away.
Fiction W.W. Norton & Company 2000
Other writings:
- his work has appeared in various literary magazines and journals including: The North American Review, Beloit Fiction Review, The Literary Review, American Short Fiction, and the European Journals Panurge and Paris Transcontinental. .
Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Notable Book: Beautiful Music 2019
Michigan Notable Book: The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit : stories 2010
Second Hand: Official Selection, "Discover Great New Writers" Program, by Borders.com Finalist for 2000 Discover Award 2000
Official Selection, Book Sense 76 List for March/April 2000; American Booksellers Association for Second Hand 2000
Second Hand: selected as one of the "Best of 2000 by the Detroit Free Press; one of the "Favorite Books of 2000" by the Chicago Tribune. 2000
Recipient, Pre-Press Award, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs/ Pre-Press Publishing of Michigan 1995
Recipient, Loughead-Eldredge Creative Writing Scholarship; Wayne State University, Detroit 1991 -1992
Recipient, Tompkins Award; Wayne State University, Detroit 1991, 1st place for Fiction; 1st place for Essay; 3rd place for Fiction

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1995
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Communications/English
Wayne State University Detroit 1979

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Copywriter
- Current employment.
Campbell-Ewald Advertising Warren , MI 1991
Copyrighter Doner Advertising Southfield , MI 1985 -1989
Copywriter Michael Flora and Associates Troy , MI 1983 -1985

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