Michael Hemmingson
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| Born | 12 July 1966 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Died | 9 January 2014 (age 47) Tijuana, Mexico |
| Occupation | novelist, journalist, short story writer, essayist, cultural anthropologist, qualitative researcher |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1982–2014 |
| Genre | Literary fiction, genre fiction |
| Literary movement | culture, violence, autoethnography |
| Notable works | The Naughty Yard, Hard Cold Whisper |
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Michael Hemmingson (July 12, 1966 – January 9, 2014) was a novelist, short story writer, literary critic, cultural anthropologist, qualitative researcher, playwright, and screenwriter. He died in Tijuana, Mexico on 9 January 2014. The reported cause was cardiac arrest.
As an independent scholar, Hemmingson wrote the meditation, Gordon Lish and His Influence on Twentieth Century American Literature a short TV studies monograph on Star Trek (Wayne State Univ. Press), and an ethnographic research project, Zona Norte (Cambridge Scholars). At the time of his death he was working on a biography of Raymond Carver, set for publication in 2014 by McFarland & Company.
Hemmingson was a prolific writer, often publishing 2-3 books a year. According to one reviewer, "Hemmingson has written over fifty books, and his experience shows. Not only does he inform the stories in This Other Eden with tangible details of the publishing industry, but he also imbues his characters with personalities that are displayed through his skillful use of highly individualized dialogue for each person."
He was a staff writer at the San Diego Reader from November 2004 through December 2009. Many of the photos that accompany his articles there were taken by San Diego's iconic brand photographer, Chris Morrow. In 2010 he joined the staff of Pacific San Diego Magazine.
As a screenwriter, his first indie feature, The Watermelon, was directed by Brad Mays and produced by Lorenda Starfelt at LightSong Films.
He wrote the screenplay for the 2007 film Aliens, based on a one act play. Maxim Dashkin produced and directed.
Real Ideas Studio produced a short documentary, "Life in Zona Norte," that was screen at Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner May, 2009.
Hemmingson won the San Diego Book Awards Association's first Novel-in-Progress grant for The Rose of Heaven and SDBAA’s Best Published novel for Wild Turkey. His media study monograph, Star Trek: A Post-Structural Critique of the Original Series, was a 2010 finalist nominee for General Non-fiction Book.
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