about michael
Michael Zadoorian is the author of four novels, THE NARCISSISM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES (Akashic Books), BEAUTIFUL MUSIC (Akashic), THE LEISURE SEEKER (William Morrow) and SECOND HAND (W.W. Norton), as well as a story collection, THE LOST TIKI PALACES OF DETROIT (Wayne State University Press). A motion picture of THE LEISURE SEEKER starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland was released in 2018 by Sony Pictures Classics.
Zadoorian is a recipient of a Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts, the Michigan Author Award from the Library of Michigan, the Columbia University Anahid Literary Award, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, the GLIBA Great Lakes Great Reads Award, two Michigan Notable Book Awards, and was long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
His work has appeared in The Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Wisconsin Review, Witness, Great Lakes Review, North American Review, Literary Hub, The Millions, Huffington Post and the anthologies Bob Seger’s House, Looping Detroit, On The Clock, and Detroit Noir. He has worked as a lawn boy, copywriter, journalist, voiceover talent, shipping room clerk, and plant guard for Chrysler. A lifelong resident of the Detroit area, he lives with his wife in a 1936 bungalow filled with cats and objects that used to be in the houses of other people.
Zadoorian is a recipient of a Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts, the Michigan Author Award from the Library of Michigan, the Columbia University Anahid Literary Award, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, the GLIBA Great Lakes Great Reads Award, two Michigan Notable Book Awards, and was long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
His work has appeared in The Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Wisconsin Review, Witness, Great Lakes Review, North American Review, Literary Hub, The Millions, Huffington Post and the anthologies Bob Seger’s House, Looping Detroit, On The Clock, and Detroit Noir. He has worked as a lawn boy, copywriter, journalist, voiceover talent, shipping room clerk, and plant guard for Chrysler. A lifelong resident of the Detroit area, he lives with his wife in a 1936 bungalow filled with cats and objects that used to be in the houses of other people.
