Michael Walsh (author)
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Michael A. Walsh (born October 23, 1949[1]) is a music critic, author and screenwriter. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York in 1971, he became a reporter for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in February 1972, where he won the New York State Publishers Association first prize for reporting for a series of articles about heroin in Rochester. He was named chief classical music critic of the San Francisco Examiner in November 1977 and music critic of Time Magazine in the spring of 1981, where his cover story subjects included James Levine, Vladimir Horowitz and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
His non-fiction works include Carnegie Hall: The First One Hundred Years (Harry N. Abrams, 1987), Who's Afraid of Classical Music (Fireside Books, 1989), Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works (Abrams, 1989, updated 1997), Who's Afraid of Opera? (1994), and So When Does the Fat Lady Sing? (Amadeus, 2008).
His novels, all for Warner Books, include Exchange Alley (1997), As Time Goes By (sequel to the film Casablanca, 1998) and And All the Saints (2003), winner of the 2004 American Book Award for Fiction. His next novel, the thriller "12 Days to Jericho," will be published in 2009 by Kensington Books.
From 1997-2002 he was a visiting fellow of the University Professors, Professor of Journalism and Professor of Film & Television at Boston University.
His principal residence is in Lakeville, Connecticut.
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| NAME | Walsh, Michael Alan |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Music scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1949 |
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