Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025
Michael Cadnum

Michael Cadnum’s Followers (19)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Michael Cadnum


Born
in Orange (California), The United States
May 03, 1949

Website

Genre
Horror, Young Adult


Michael Cadnum has had a number of jobs over the course of his life, including pick-and-shoveler for the York Archaeological Trust, in York, England, and substitute teacher in Oakland, California, but his true calling is writing. He is the author of thirty-five books, including the National Book Award finalist The Book of the Lion. His Calling Home and Breaking the Fall were both nominated for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award. He is a former Creative Writing Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts. Also a poet, he has received several awards, including Poetry Northwest's Helen Bullis Prize and the Owl Creek Book Award. Michael lives in Albany, California, with his wife Sherina.
...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.85 · 21,096 ratings · 1,717 reviews · 77 distinct works • Similar authors
The Book of the Lion (Crusa...
2.88 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2000 — 19 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Saint Peter's Wolf
3.71 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1991 — 18 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Nightsong: The Legend of Or...
3.62 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
In a Dark Wood
3.26 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Flash
2.64 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Seize the Storm
2.94 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Rundown
2.66 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Forbidden Forest: The Story...
3.14 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The King's Arrow
2.87 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Daughter Of The Wind
2.88 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Michael Cadnum…

Series by Michael Cadnum

The Book of the Lion The Leopard Sword The Dragon Throne
(3 books)
by
3.00 avg rating — 315 ratings

Quotes by Michael Cadnum  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.”
― Michael Cadnum, Flash
tags: flash, happy, michael-cadnum, smile, strong
142 likes
Like

“No woman who had been intimate with a god was easily disturbed.”
― Michael Cadnum
tags: strong-women
54 likes
Like

Polls

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
100+ Books in 2025: Amanda's Reads 2009 44 218 Dec 31, 2009 07:30PM  
Ancient & Medieva...: NOVEMBER 2012 (Group Read 2) : Outlaw by Angus Donald 212 127 Nov 26, 2012 08:31PM  
What's the Name o...: Middle grade/children's book about diver 11 630 Jan 23, 2021 07:46AM  
Spells, Space & S...: The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest (December 2022) 52 18 May 10, 2023 03:35PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Michael to Goodreads.