Michael Paul Mason (born May 29, 1971, in

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), sometimes credited as Michael Mason, is an American writer, author, editor, and journalist.

Literary work

Mason's first book of non-fiction, ''Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath'', chronicles the years he spent as a brain-injury case manager and tells the stories of twelve individuals who survived brain injury. While a contributing editor for ''

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'' magazine, Mason wrote the article, "Dead Men Walking", which triggered a national debate about the treatment of brain-injured veterans of the

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.Discover magazine article
/ref> As an independent radio producer, Mason has created works that have appeared on several public radio stations. Mason is the founding editor of

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, a publication based in

Bibliography

Books

*''Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath'' (

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, 2008)

Articles

*"Dead Men Walking", ''

'' (2007) *"Iraq's Medical Meltdown", ''Discover'' (2007) *"The 9/11 Cover-Up", ''Discover'' (2007) *"How to Teach Science to the Pope", ''Discover'' (2008) *"Keeping Our Heads" (op-ed), ''

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'' (2009) *"Narrative Lost and Found",

(2010) *"The Future of Writing is in My Jacket", The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books,

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(2011)\

Radio production

*"Inside the Glore," (2009) *"The Guardian of the Murder House," (2009) *"Goodbye Tulsa" (weekly series)

References

External links

This Land Press
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