Michael Paul Mason | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 29, 1971 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Science, non-fiction |
| Notable works | Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath |
Michael Paul Mason (born May 29, 1971, in Tulsa, Oklahoma), sometimes credited as Michael Mason, is an American writer, author, editor, and journalist.
Literary work
Mason's first book of non-fiction, Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath, chronicles the years he spent as a brain-injury case manager and tells the stories of twelve individuals who survived brain injury.[1]
While a contributing editor for Discover magazine, Mason wrote the article, "Dead Men Walking", which triggered a national debate about the treatment of brain-injured veterans of the Iraq War.[2] As an independent radio producer, Mason has created works that have appeared on several public radio stations.
Mason is the founding editor of This Land Press, a publication based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Bibliography
Books
- Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008)
Articles
- "Dead Men Walking", Discover (2007)
- "Iraq's Medical Meltdown", Discover (2007)
- "The 9/11 Cover-Up", Discover (2007)
- "How to Teach Science to the Pope", Discover (2008)
- "Keeping Our Heads" (op-ed), The New York Times (2009)
- "Narrative Lost and Found", This Land Press (2010)
- "The Future of Writing is in My Jacket", The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books, Soft Skull Press (2011)\
Radio production
- "Inside the Glore," (2009)
- "The Guardian of the Murder House," (2009)
- "Goodbye Tulsa" (weekly series)