Michael Madigan Author

‘The GyPSy Line’ a winner

mmadigan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:54:45 +0000

Labello Press is a fledgling small press launched in Tipperary, Ireland, by Deborah McMenamy, an American. She is a published author and playwright and artist. One of her first steps was to create a writing contest named in honor of her father, the Leonard A. Koval Memorial Prize. The contest awards cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, as well as eight more winners, all to be published in Labello’s first anthology, to be titled Gem Street.

This will be Madigan’s first piece of fiction writing to be published. Some of McMenamy’s comments about The GyPSy Line:

“I loved GyPSy from the moment I picked it up. I fell in love with Lucy and her not knowing why she was jumping up and down (still makes me laugh) and her screeching. I love the treatment and the motivation of the characters so desperate to score a GyPSy. I was in that line with my take-away coffee and my frozen toes. It brought me right back to the States, to winter and skiing and the smell of snow in the air. Your writing style is unique and the ending (happily) surprised me which made it even better. It’s simply a magical and quirky story.

“My father plucked Labello (loosely from the Latin) from somewhere (Labella means ‘the beautiful’ and there is no actual translation for Labello) and decided that this should be our alternative name … I guess you could say it was our bond. He believed that to be a ‘Labello’ was to have integrity and to be a person who is true to themselves no matter what anyone around them thinks. He was a bit of a philosopher in his own way. And yes, he sure did love his baseball.”

Information about how to read The GyPSy Line and purchase the forthcoming Gem Street will be shared here as soon as available.

Erie Library, May 10

mmadigan — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:22:08 +0000

Historic front pages from Colorado’s oldest newspaper will come to life again when Michael Madigan lectures and presents slides from his book, Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters. Readers and history buffs can learn more about Michael and his book from an interview recently posted on the High Plains Library District web site at http://highplains.libguides.com/read

Loveland Hist. Society, Nov. 12

mmadigan — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:48:28 +0000

Among the 150 chapters in the book, Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters, one centers on the Loveland area in August, 1976 — the Big Thompson Flood. Madigan will discuss the disaster as well as other references to Loveland in his book.

1st Place, Colorado Authors’ League

mmadigan — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:33:55 +0000

The 2010 Colorado Authors’ League awards were judged by the Colorado Association of Libraries. Here are their comments regarding the winner in General Nonfiction:

“Heroes, Villains, Dames & Disasters: 150 Years of Front-Page Stories from the Rocky Mountain News” is an immensely enjoyable review of our history as a state and a nation. It is well written and rich with details that will fascinate history buffs and inspire a new love of Colorado in each reader who delves into its pages.

Madigan chooses literary agent

mmadigan — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:24:14 +0000

Michael Madigan has reached agreement with AKA Literary Agency, based in the Colorado Springs area, to represent his first novel, The Dare Game. Click headline here for more about AKA, and click on The Dare Game under New Releases at right to read an excerpt.