Short:

Award-winning American author Michael Fedor has set his sights on crafting political fiction brimming with suspense, fast-paced thrills, and a dash of science-fiction. Michael draws on his 20 years of experiences in the wild, wooly worlds of Washington, DC, and state capitals to tell captivating stories of power, intrigue, and the human condition. His style makes his novels deliciously thrilling. His meticulous research ensures each story is terrifyingly plausible. His inaugural release – What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose (Book 1) – is a 2024 International Firebird Book Award winner in two categories – political thriller and speculative fiction. It also received honors from Storytrade Book Awards, Hollywood Book Festival 2024, and PenCraft Best Book Fall 2024. Its sequel – Tree of Liberty – is out now.

Long:

Michael Fedor brings 20+ years of political organizing and storytelling to win votes to win a new audience – readers. His style makes his novels and short stories deliciously thrilling and terrifyingly plausible. Readers will wonder where the lines of real life end and political fantasy begin.

Michael began his career as an English teacher, standing on desks (much like John Keating of Dead Poets Society), declaring “Carpe Diem!” and urging adolescents and young adults to “make your lives extraordinary.” Michael secured tenure at Elizabethtown Area School District in Lancaster County, PA, in 2005.

Feeling drawn to an extraordinary quest to bring justice and humanity to public policy, Michael left the classroom 18 years ago to work in politics. Working for candidates from president to dogcatcher, Michael gained an up-close view of the personal costs of pursuing power. A multi-year candidate himself, he won 3 of the 5 offices he sought before hanging up his “running shoes” for good in 2020.

Michael has built a reputation as a gifted strategist and a visionary leader. But inside, there remains an itch to use his gifts for writing to move people and the world with ideas.

Finally, heeding his own advice to “seize the day,” Michael dusted off a novel he wrote but never published in 2004. Like a Jane Goodall of modern politics, he is using his observations and experiences in the wild, wooly worlds of Washington, DC, and state capitols. The first book in a new political thriller series, What It Takes to Kill a Bull Moose (Book 1), is set for release in early 2024.

Michael has published three works – all part of the Bull Moose Series. He describes this series as political thrillers with a futuristic edge.

Earning both master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Penn State, Michael says the single greatest takeaway from his alma mater was meeting his best friend and love of his life, Serena, who is a fellow Penn State alumna. Michael and Serena celebrated 20 years of marriage in 2024. They live in Pennsylvania, raising three boys to have imagination, healthy loves of ice cream, and generous souls.

Like the main character of Bull Moose, Michael is an avid outdoorsman, an avid reader of many types of fiction and nonfiction, and a student of history.

“I consider myself an autodidact – if I do not know how to solve a problem in writing, masonry, plumbing, you name it, I use every resource I can find to teach myself how to create the solution,” says Michael.