Michael D. Beil

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Michael D. Beil


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In a time not long after the fifth extinction event, Edgar Award-nominated author Michael D. Beil came of age on the shores of Pymatuning Lake, where the ducks walk on the fish. (Look it up. Seriously.) For reasons that can’t be disclosed until September 28, 2041, he now lives somewhere in Portugal with his wife and their two white cats, Bruno and Maisie. He still gets carsick if he has to ride in the back seat for long and feels a little guilty that he doesn’t keep a journal.

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This is a post I wrote for the JUNGLE RED WRITERS BLOG, run by my friend Hallie Ephron and six other amazing mystery and thriller writers:

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Published on April 28, 2022 06:48
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Quotes by Michael D. Beil  (?)
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“In wrapping things up the writer had a choice: the "happy" ending in which the two former enemies are rescued and we can imagine them going forward with their lives as friends the "realistic" ending in which they are rescued but immediately resume their quarrel: or the cruelly ironic ending where fate takes a hand.
The class was about evenly divided among the three endings. For Me though there was no choice the writer absolutely had to go with the ironic one. What would be the point I argued of a story like that with a happy ending The two men walking off into the sunset together and unharmed isnt an ending-it's a cop-out.”
Michael D. Beil, The Mistaken Masterpiece

“Livvy and me together in an elevator for four hours..and we're good. To some eyes the fact that we're both alive could be viewed as a minor miracle.”
Michael D Beil

“Personally, I like my revenge served with a glass of ice-cold milk–and cookies”
Michael D. Beil, The Vanishing Violin

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