Michael McDowell (1950–1999)
Author of The Elementals
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
McDowell died in 1999 from AIDS-related illness. His unfinished novel Candles Burning was "completed" by Tabitha King, wife of Stephen King, and published in 2006. Under the pseudonym Nathan Aldyne, McDowell collaborated with his close friend Dennis Schuetz in writing four mysteries starring Daniel Valentine and Clarisse Lovelace.
Axel Young is a pseudonym of horror author Michael M. McDowell.
Series
Works by Michael McDowell
Rigorous PBL by Design: Three Shifts for Developing Confident and Competent Learners (2017) 6 copies
Halley's Passing [short fiction] 4 copies
BLACKWATER IV. LA GUERRA 4 copies
BLACKWATER V. LA FORTUNA 3 copies
Developing Expert Learners: A Roadmap for Growing Confident and Competent Students (Corwin Teaching Essentials) (2019) 2 copies
Teaching for Transfer: A Guide for Designing Learning with Real-World Application (a Guide to Instructional Strategies… (2020) 1 copy
Au déclin de Halley 1 copy
Miss Mack 1 copy
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- McDowell, Michael McEachern
- Other names
- Young, Axel
McAdam, Preston
McCray, Mike
Aldyne, Nathan - Birthdate
- 1950-06-01
- Date of death
- 1999-12-27
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Enterprise, Alabama, USA
- Place of death
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Medford, Massachusetts, USA
- Education
- Brandeis University (PhD|1978)
Harvard College (MA)
Harvard College (BA) - Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter - Relationships
- Senelick, Laurence (partner)
- Short biography
- Michael McEachern McDowell (June 1, 1950 – December 27, 1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice.
- Disambiguation notice
- McDowell died in 1999 from AIDS-related illness. His unfinished novel Candles Burning was "completed" by Tabitha King, wife of Stephen King, and published in 2006. Under the pseudonym Nathan Aldyne, McDowell collaborated with his close friend Dennis Schuetz in writing four mysteries starring Daniel Valentine and Clarisse Lovelace.
Axel Young is a pseudonym of horror author Michael M. McDowell.
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Southern mansion, bayou or swamp, manlike reptilian creatures, blackwater, reptilian baby in Name that Book (September 2012)
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Diverse Horror (1)
ScaredyKIT 2018 (1)
Best Beach Reads (1)
Strange Towns (1)
At the Library (1)
Sense of place (1)
LGBTQIA Horror (2)
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Statistics
- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 3,469
- Popularity
- #7,332
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 175
- ISBNs
- 126
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
- 8
- Touchstones
- 34
What prevented the four star is the time investment, when the story is not actually explaining much of anything about its own mythology despite the brick sized length. What's an understandable choice in a Lovecraft novella is less forgivable here.… (more)