Michael Kardos author biography, plus links to books by Michael Kardos.

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Michael Kardos

Michael Kardos is the author of the award-winning story collection One Last Good Time and the novel The Three-Day Affair

His short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, Blackbird, Pleiades, Prism international, and many other magazines and anthologies, and were cited as notable stories in the 2009 and 2010 editions of Best American Short Stories.

Kardos grew up at the Jersey Shore, received a degree in music from Princeton University, and played the drums professionally for a number of years. He has an M.F.A. in fiction from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. He lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where he co-directs the creative writing program at Mississippi State University.

This biography was last updated on 09/04/2012.

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