Pulitzer Prize Nominee Michael Sean Comerford ’77 Publishes First Book
Alumnus Michael Sean Comerford ’77 has just released his first book "American Oz: An Astounding Year Inside Traveling Carnivals at State Fairs & Festivals: Hitchhiking California to New York, Alaska to Mexico." The book recaps the year he spent hitchhiking across North America working in carnivals from Alaska to Florida.
As a journalist, Comerford’s sparkling career included bylines in the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Budapest Sun, Budapest Business Journal, Prague Post, Moscow Times and in syndication at Tribune Media and Copley News Service newspapers. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and received Peter Lisagor, AP and Best Series in Chicago awards, and is a former board member of the Chicago Journalists Association and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
"American Oz: An Astounding Year Inside Traveling Carnivals at State Fairs & Festivals: Hitchhiking California to New York, Alaska to Mexico" is now available via Amazon (https://amzn.to/2Ojoh3w) in print or downloadable formats. Look for an in-depth article about Michael and the book in an upcoming A Lion for Life magazine.
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