Michael Golding (novelist)

Michael Golding is an American novelist.[1] He is most noted for his 2015 novel A Poet of the Invisible World, which won the Ferro-Grumley Award[2] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction in 2016.[3]

This article is about the American novelist. For the English yachtsman, see Mike Golding.
For the English footballer, see Michael Golding (footballer).

An alumnus of Duke University, Golding previously published the novels Simple Prayers (1994) and Benjamin's Gift (1999), and cowrote the screenplay for the 2007 film Silk.[4]

He came out as gay during the process of writing A Poet of the Invisible World.[4]

References
  1. "Michael Golding Weaves a Mystical Tale in A Poet of the Invisible World". Paste, October 8, 2015.
  2. "Publishing Triangle Honors Best LGBT Writing of 2015". New Pages, April 26, 2016.
  3. "Who Are the 2016 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists?". Out, March 8, 2016.
  4. "While writing his novel, an alumnus shatters his old self". Duke Magazine, April 15, 2016.


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