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Michael C. Cordell

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in Poughkeepsie, NY, The United States

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Short Stories, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Ernest Hemingway, Hunter S. Thompson, John Steinbeck

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Michael C. Cordell is an author, screenwriter and blogger living in Phoenix, AZ. Among his credits, Michael has written several short stories, essays, poems and screenplays as well as a number of articles relating to technology. In addition, Michael maintains two blogs: My Life Within the Margins, a chronicle of his writing efforts and The Villa on the Hill-a, a humorous look at his life in suburbia.

A collection of Michael's short works, In The Foothills, was published in July 2008 by Foothills Villa Publishing. His second collection, Secrets of the Foothills, was published in July 2012.

Michael can be found on Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Look for him on most social networking & media sites as "socalvillaguy."

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Michael C. Cordell's Blog: The Writer's Lance

When Alzheimer's / Dementia Comes Close to Home

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If you’re over fifty, I doubt you haven’t at least contemplated whether your mental faculties were slipping when you’ve forgotten where you left the car keys or your cell phone or your glasses. Or maybe it was when you forget the name of the band that did that one-hit wonder song everyone loved back in the day. Most likely, none... Read more of this blog post »

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The Crossing (Harry Bosch, #18; Mickey Haller, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)

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