Michael Gruber
Michael Gruber
Michael Gruberis an author living in Seattle, Washington. He attended Columbia University and received his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Miami. He worked as a cook, a marine biologist, a speech writer, a policy advisor for the Jimmy Carter White House, and a bureaucrat for the United States Environmental Protection Agencybefore becoming a novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 October 1940
CountryUnited States of America
enter literary scene work york
I thought I would write non-fiction. I thought I would enter the New York literary scene as copy editor, work my way up, and then write my own books.
afternoon air born conference november particular property
'The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.
dark shadow faces
It's part of what we call the Shadow, all the dark parts of us we can't face. It's the thing that, if we don't deal with it, eventually poisons our lives.
evil-people problem worst
The problem with evil people is that they can see only evil in others. It is one of the worst curses of being evil, that you can no longer experience good.
teacher people owing
Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.
book air intellectual
The Book of Air and Shadows' was born during a conference with an intellectual property lawyer on a particular afternoon in November of 2003.
matter doe persons
Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?
stress mean people
But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.
childhood facts matter
As a matter of fact I had a terribly traumatic childhood. But afterward I sort of reraised myself.
art character people
But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.
I'm a cult writer now. I have a cult readership.