Michael Cadnum
Michael Cadnum is an American poet and novelist. He has written more than thirty-six books for adults, teens and children. He is best known for his adult suspense fiction, and young adult fiction based on myths, legends, and historical figures.
Biography
He was born in 1949. Cadnum attended both University of California at Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. He earned a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship for his poetry. He currently resides in Albany, California.Novels
Seize the Storm Flash Peril on the Sea The King's Arrow Nightsong: The Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice The Dragon Throne Starfall: Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun Ship of Fire Daughter of the Wind The Leopard Sword Forbidden Forest: the story of Little John and Robin Hood Raven of the Waves Redhanded The Book of the Lion Blood Gold Rundown Heat In A Dark Wood Edge Zero At The Bone The Judas Glass Taking It Skyscape The Horses of the Night Ghostwright Breaking the Fall Saint Peter's Wolf Sleepwalker Calling Home- ''Nightlight''
Short fiction
;CollectionsCan't Catch Me Earthquake Murder;Stories
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
| Elf trap | 2001 | |||
| Ella and the Canary Prince | 1999 | |||
| Together again | 2001 |
Poetry
- The Promised Rain Kingdom This Early Dark
- "Day by Day" Illicit The Woman Who Discovered Math The Cities We Will Never See By Evening Foreign Springs Invisible Mirror Long Afternoons
- "Wrecking the Cactus"
- ''The Morning of the Massacre,''
Translations
- Foreign editions of Michael Cadnum's work include Danish, Persian, French, German, Italian, Spanish, among others.