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Michal Strutin

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New York City, The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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In Michal Strutin’s novel, Judging Noa: a Fight for Women's Rights in the Turmoil of the Exodus, Noa pursues inheritance rights to save her sisters and herself from bondage. Her quest puts her on a collision course with an unbending patriarchy amid the turbulence of the Exodus. Nature is key to her award-winning nonfiction, whether travel, natural history, or cultural history. She is now working on a Renaissance mystery trilogy.

Michal's articles have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Tablet, and more. She worked as an editor at National Parks, Outside, and other publications. She is also an academic librarian. An SF Bay Area returnee, Michal loves outdoors adventure. Add reading, family time, and urban farming. The key to d ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 83 ratings · 20 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Judging Noa 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florida State Parks 3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chaco a Cultural Legacy by Michal Strutin (Goodreads Author), George H. H. Huey 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History Hikes of The Smokies 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discovering Natural Israel 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Places of Grace: The Natural Landscapes of the American Midwest by Gary Irving, Michal Strutin (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carry the Light Volume 5 by Sumiko Saulson (Goodreads Author), Bardi Rosman Koodrin (editor), Ryan Warren it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guide to Contemporary Plains Indians 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gristmills of the Smokies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing Foghorn: The Nearly True Story of a Small Publishing Empire by Vicki DeArmon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Buckle up! You’re in for a wild ride in publishing land. Foghorn, Vicki DeArmon’s tale of her burst into Bay Area book publishing is lightly fictionalized memoir, the names changed to protect the innocent. DeArmon’s publishing odyssey began at Foghor ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing Whoa Nelly!: A Love Story with Footnotes by Julia Park Tracey (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Introverts Shine in Whoa, Nelly! In Julia Park Tracey’s Whoa, Nelly! we’re introduced to Nelly fading into middle age and laid off from her librarian job. The daughter of a difficult mother, she faces a solitary, uncertain future. As consolation, Nell ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book really liked it Better Off Dead (Trisha Carson, #4) by Glenda Carroll (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4.5 Better Off Dead, by Glenda Carroll, does not lag. It speeds along at the pace of its determinedly amateur detective Trisha Carson. A high-risk Bay Area financier and long-distance swimmer is found dead, ground up by a boat’s motor, his body parts ...more
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4.5 Better Off Dead, by Glenda Carroll, does not lag. It speeds along at the pace of its determinedly amateur detective Trisha Carson. A high-risk Bay Area financier and long-distance swimmer is found dead, ground up by a boat’s motor, his body parts ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing In This Ravishing World by Nina Schuyler (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In This Ravishing World The title alone pulled me in. It is such a ravishing world and, yet, there’s us…people. Sometimes we, too, are as amazing as the natural world we are part of. Sometimes we seem to be the world’s careless destroyers. In This Rav ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing Codex by Lisa Towles (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Codex: Fast-Paced Thriller Plays with Your Head FBI Agent Angus Mariner, Lisa Towles’ protagonist in Codex, lives on the beach near Half Moon Bay, California. Literally on the beach, not in the fancy trailer his half-sister put together for him. Marin ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Amazingly rich detail, brings you right into 16th-century Istanbul. Plus it's a mystery. What more could you want? I became an instant Pamuk fan. Later, doing research in WorldCat on 16th century Istanbul, this was the only fiction book in the result ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Geraldine Brooks chose her narrator well. Who else but Natan would be privy to so much of David’s life? David’s advisor (chief of staff) and a prophet who understood David’s commitment to God, Natan knew everything from the politics of David’s kingsh ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book it was amazing The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rachel Kadish’s The Weight of Ink is a long book, but if you approach it as savoring a whole meal and not just fast food, you will be richly rewarded. Like Geraldine Brooks's excellent People of the Book, The Weight of Ink segues between the present ...more
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Michal Strutin rated a book really liked it Call Me Carmela (The Dot Meyerhoff Mysteries Book 5) by Ellen Kirschman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4.5 stars Call Me Carmela – a Dot Meyerhoff Mystery (Book 5), by Ellen Kirschman. Teenaged Ava knows she’s been adopted by parents who love her, but she’s determined to find her birth mother. When she does, she learns her birth mother was raped when a ...more
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