The Dean Sisters

Michael Corrigan was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He holds an MA in English from San Francisco State and attended the American Film Institute to study screenwriting. At the AFI, he wrote screenplays for student videos and attended many seminars led by professional film directors and producers. He taught English and speech communications at Idaho State University. His books include Confessions of a Shanty Irishman, a hybrid memoir, A Year and a Day, a grief memoir published by Idaho State University press, and These Precious Hours, a collection of connected stories and now an audio book read by Alex Hyde White, and Mulligan, a novel about-in part-the Irish in the Civil War. Three other books are available as audio books. The Dean Sisters is his most recent book. Corrigan was nominated for a Pushcart prize for the short story, ＂Free Fall.＂ He was active in theatre on the west coast. He joined a playwrights’ workshop with Sam Shepard, and NPR Playhouse broadcast Corrigan’s play for two actors, Letters From Rebecca. He is also the author of the full length plays, Jake and Jimmy is my Name. A one act, Mickey’s Loft, was produced by the Pacific Resident Theatre. Aran Press published Mickey’s Loft, Jake and Letters From Rebecca. Michael Corrigan currently publishes articles for various outlets including Atticus Magazine online.