Michael J. Fitzgerald

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Gender	Male
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Writer & editor
Location	Watkins Glen, New York, United States
Introduction	Michael J. Fitzgerald has been a journalist for five decades, working as a writer and editor for newspapers, magazines and web publications. In 2014 he published his first novel, "The Fracking War," followed in 2015 with "Fracking Justice." In 2018, he published "The Devil's Pipeline." He has written a weekly column, "Write On" for the daily 'Finger Lakes Times' newspaper in Geneva, NY for 14 years, He contributes stories to the Contra Costa Pulse newspaper in Richmond, CA. He also writes essays on Substack under the title Write On and On.
Interests	Writing, sailing, making videos, ukulele playing, hiking, snorkeling, fishing, swimming, kayaking, Cuba libres
Favorite Movies	Casablanca, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Galaxy Quest, Star Trek (all of them), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, High Noon, Paul, Stargate, Gone With The Wind, Moby Dick, The Fugitive
Favorite Music	Beach Boys, country classics, anything by Roy Orbison, Tammy Wynette, Paul Anka, Sonny & Cher, Billy Joel, Moby, Leigh Graham
Favorite Books	Anything by the following authors: James Lee Burk, Norman Mailer, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, Philip Caputo, Richard Russo, Greg Bear