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Michael Thomas Perone

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Michael Thomas Perone is an award-winning author who has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Long Island Voice (a spinoff of The Village Voice), Yahoo!, and WhatCulture!, among others. His debut novel, the action-adventure Danger Peak, was the recipient of The Fall 2022 BookFest Award in the category of Young Adult – Action and Adventure and The 2022 Firebird Book Award in the category of Magical Realism. His follow-up, the coming-of-age/sci-fi mindbender Déjà View, was the recipient of The Spring 2024 BookFest Award in the category of Young Adult – Literary and Coming of Age, where it received First Place, and The 2024 Firebird Book Award in the category of Coming of Age. It was also a finalist of The 2024 Eric Hoffer Book ...more

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Michael Thomas Perone I was inspired by three major sources when writing this book: the old-school, 8-bit Nintendo game "Excitebike"; the many misadventures I had riding my…moreI was inspired by three major sources when writing this book: the old-school, 8-bit Nintendo game "Excitebike"; the many misadventures I had riding my bike with my friends growing up; and, unfortunately, the death of my brother when I was 8 years old. Danger Peak is based on a short story I wrote over 30 years ago when I was 11 years old. Having written the main beats of the story when I was a child myself helped capture the preadolescent tone of the book, and I believe it will help connect with young readers today, as well as hook nostalgia-minded adults who grew up on George Lucas and Steven Spielberg adventures and are longing for the simpler, “totally awesome” time of the ‘80s when the book is set.(less)
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Is There Life After College? Won at The Fall 2026 BookFest Awards!

Well, it’s déjà vu all over again all over again all over… Okay, I’ll stop now. (Plus: Make a new joke, Mike.) Just on the heels of my Firebird Book and PenCraft Book Award wins, I recently learned that Is There Life After College? won Third Place at The Fall 2026 BookFest Awards in the same category of Young Adult Romance! My other three books, Danger Peak, Déjà View, and The Electric God and Oth

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Every October, I read a famous spooky book I’ve never read before. Two years ago, it was Dracula. Last year, it was Frankenstein. And this year, it was Something Wicked This Way Comes. I don’t know why it took me almost half a century to read Ray Bra ...more
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Every October, I read a famous spooky book I’ve never read before. Two years ago, it was Dracula. Last year, it was Frankenstein. And this year, it was Something Wicked This Way Comes. I don’t know why it took me almost half a century to read Ray Bra ...more
Is There Life After College? by Michael Thomas Perone
"Perone delivers a spirited, searching coming-of-age novel about the rude awakening that follows academic success. College valedictorian Mark Jans has spent his life mastering lessons and earning top grades, but graduation leaves him startlingly unpre" Read more of this review »
Is There Life After College? by Michael Thomas Perone
" Michael Thomas Perone’s Is There Life After College? is a funny, irreverent, and ultimately surprisingly serious coming-of-age novel about the rude awakening that comes when the carefully structured world of school suddenly disappears. Set in 1999, " Read more of this review »
Is There Life After College? by Michael Thomas Perone
"Mark and Astra are both clawing through existence at very different ends of the human spectrum. Mark, a recent college graduate armed with a bible and ideals decides to reject the path society and his parents expect of him, and take his chances on th" Read more of this review »
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