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About

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About Michael Shaw

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Michael Shaw writes about strange worlds, quirky and colorful characters, and bizarre and unusual situations featuring elements of the inexplicable, improbable, and downright impossible.

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Michael is  a co-founder and inaugural President of Pitman Writers’ Guild and Secretary of the Delaware Valley Chapter, Sisters in Crime. In 2021, Michael was honored with the Leon B. Burstein / Mystery Writers of America Scholarship for Mystery Writers.

 

Originally from Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Michael currently resides in Pitman, New Jersey with his wife, Ashley, their two dogs; Eleanor Roosevelt and Bogart, and two cats; Gatsby and Voodoo.

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