Michael Ferrari
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Writer/teacher |
| Location | Ohio, United States |
| Introduction | I grew up in Ohio, moved to California for a number of years to work in the movie business, and now I'm back in Ohio where I write and teach. My first novel BORN TO FLY won the Delacorte Yearling award. |
| Interests | Writing/screenwriting, movies, music, guitar, freestyle wrestling, traveling, Ferrari cars, Hollywood history, australian shepherds, Bernese mountain dogs, |
| Favorite movies | American Graffiti, Adaptation, Breaking Away, Gregory's Girl, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Babe, Local Hero, Normal, Escape From New York, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Deer Hunter, Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach), Starman, Star Wars, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Breakfast Club, Il Postino, My Life as a Dog, Ordinary People, Aliens, Places in the Heart, The Professionals, The Big Chill, Penny Serenade, The Bad News Bears, It's a Wonderful Life, Frances, The Year My Voice Broke, Sommersby, Roxanne, Network, It Happened One Night, The African Queen, Pelle the Conqueror, To Kill a Mockingbird, Toto the Hero, Brief Encounter, The Terminator, Used Cars, Jaws, Jeremiah Johnson, The Road Warrior, Valley Girl |
| Favorite music | Van Morrison, Paul Westerberg, Wilco, Steve Forbert, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Counting Crows, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Replacements, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Guess Who, (a lot of "the ___'s huh?), Boston, Foreigner |
| Favorite books | Ask the Dust, Dandelion Wine, Blubber, A Semester in the life of a Teenage Garbage Bag, Rabbit is Rich, The Winter Room, Stargirl, Long After Midnight, A Wrinkle in Time, What Makes Sammy Run?, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Charlotte's Web, Friday, Jane Eyre, The Name Above the Title, An Empire of their Own, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, What Happens Next |