Michael Raleigh Mailing Address: 3423 N. Paulina St. Chicago , IL 69657 County: Cook E-mail: castleflynn@hotmail.com or mraleigh@ccc.edu Phone numbers: (773) 528-4909 (home) (773) 907-4388 (school) Genre: mainstream fiction & mystery

Periodical Publications:

Poems and short stories have appeared in little magazines during
the 1970's and 1980's, including:

• The Kansas Quarterly
• The Long Story
• Four Quarters
• The Southern Humanities Review
• Crosscurrents

Book Publications:

• In the Castle of the Flynns (Sourcebooks, 2003) mainstream fiction
• Death in Uptown (St. Martin's, 1991) Mystery novel
• A Body in Belmont Harbor (St. Martin's, 1993) mystery novel
• The Maxwell Street Blues (St. Martin's, 1994) mystery novel
• A Killer on Argyle Street (St. Martin's, 1995) mystery novel
• The Riverview Murders (St. Martin's, 1997) mystery novel

Forthcoming Publications

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

Talks at libraries in Chicago and suburbs, including:

• Highland Park High School Focus on the Arts,
• Schaumburg library
• Arlington Heights Library
• Prospect Heights Library

Recent Workshops:

• "Getting away with murder" a seminar on writing a mystery, Newberry Library Public Programs, Spring 2005.
• "Going the Distance: a seminar on writing a novel, Newberry Library Public Programs, Fall 2004.
• Similar workshops atthe Newberry over the past ten years.

Present Employment: Instructor of communications, literature and Chicago
History, Truman College, Chicago, IL

Preferred Audience: General Any
Willing to travel: In State Only
Willing to travel-Other: To those places I can reach in 90 minutes