About
Michael Largo, born in Staten Island (New York) is an American writer.[1] Largo received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction, 2006, for Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die.
Nails in Soft Wood (Piccadilly Press, 1974)
Southern Comfort (New Earth Books, 1977)
Lies Within (Tropical Press, 1997; ISBN 0-9666173-0-4)
Best of Pif. Edited by Camille Renshaw (Fusion Press, 2000; ISBN 1-928704-75-1)
Unusual Circumstances : Short Fiction. (Pocol Press, 2000; ISBN 1-929763-03-4)
Welcome to Miami (Tropical Press, 2001; ISBN 0-9666173-4-7)
Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die (HarperCollins, 2006; ISBN 0-06-081741-0)[2]
The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died (HarperCollins, 2007; ISBN 0-06-123166-5)[3]
Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages' (HarperCollins, 2008 ISBN 0-06-146641-7)
God's Lunatics: Lost Souls, False Prophets, Martyred Saints, Murderous Cults, Demonic Nuns, and Other Victims of Man's Eternal Search for the Divine (HarperCollins, 2010; ISBN 0-06-173284-2)
The Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures; William Morrow, ISBN 978-0062087454[4][5]
The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora; William Morrow; ISBN 978-0062282750[3]
Co/author
SEAL Survival Guide: A Navy SEAL's Secrets to Surviving Any Disaster; Gallery Books; ISBN 978-1451690293
Easy Street (the Hard Way): A Memoir; Da Capo Press; ISBN 978-0306824180
Featured Work
The Big Bad Book Of Botany
The Big, Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild, wonderful, and weird plants. Some are so rare, they were once more valuable than gold. Some found in ancient mythology hold magical abilities, including the power to turn a person to stone. Others have been used by assassins to kill kings, and sorcerers to revive the dead. Here, too, is vegetation with astonishing properties to cure and heal, many of which have long since been lost with the advent of modern medicine.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- Bram Stoker Award Superior Nonfiction 2006
