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Michael Cadnum Michael Cadnum is author of twenty-five books, including the novels BOOK OF THE LION, a National Book Award Finalist, IN A DARK WOOD, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and SAINT PETER’S WOLF. Smithsonian calls Cadnum’s books “masterful” and says his “peerless historical fiction rewards readers of any age.” Cadnum says, “I love the stories of transformation, of werewolves and runaway gingerbread men, Robin Hood and jousting knights. I think these myths have shaped our lives more than we realize. It’s time for us to win these stories back from Hollywood and the local library and celebrate them.” A former Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts, Cadnum has also published several collections of poetry, including THE CITIES WE WILL NEVER SEE, ILLICIT, and a picture book for children, THE LOST AND FOUND HOUSE. A dramatic monologue about the Gingerbread Man, “Can’t Catch Me,” was staged along with a play by David Mamet in Chicago in the Spring of 2003.Cadnum’s future publications include a book about the California Gold Rush entitled BLOOD GOLD and a series of novels based on the Greek and Roman myths. He lives in Albany, California, with his wife Sherina and his parrot Luke.
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