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Michael Ruscoe

Michael Ruscoe

Michael Ruscoe is a writer, teacher, and musician living in Southern Connecticut. He is the author of the novel, "From the Stray Cat Files: You’ll Do Anything," the anthology, "Baseball: A Treasury of Art and Literature," and numerous educational texts. An instructor at Southern Connecticut State University, Ruscoe is also lead singer and songwriter for the indie band Save the Androids! In his spare time he earns karma for his next life by ardently following the New York Mets. The proud father of two children, Ruscoe also cares for and supports a pair of goldfish, who, in all honesty, are not very good conversationalists.

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Michael Ruscoe

Thrillers

Can Mike Bond Save the Beautiful Maine Environment?

Mike Bond In most thrillers, when a Special Forces vet battles the forces of evil, he fights for his life, his allies and his country, all in a fictional environment. But when Pono Hawkins, the main character of Mike Bond’s new thriller Killing Maine (Mandevilla Press, 2015), takes on the…
Michael Ruscoe
August 3, 2015
Fiction

Opus Returns as Bloom County gets Breathed Back to Life

Oh, Internet—is there anything you can’t do? You let me chat with my friends when I’m supposed to be working, you help me keep track of baseball games that are being played simultaneously across the country—and now this. You’ve made it possible for Bloom County to return. Social media flew…
Michael Ruscoe
July 21, 2015
Fiction

Gayle Lynds spins tale of intrigue in The Assassins

Author Gayle Lynds When master spy Judd Ryder returns in The Assassins (St. Martin's Press; June 30, 2015) the latest thriller from best-selling author Gayle Lynds, he’s not only doing battle with the Carnivore, an infamous Cold War killer. He’s fighting for his life, his reputation and his destiny—all the…
Michael Ruscoe
June 27, 2015
Nonfiction

Avital Zeisler on turning women into Weapons of Fitness

In the wake of her darkest moment, Avital Zeisler became a living weapon. Through the study of self-defense, she transformed her body and herself, while at the same time conquering fear and reclaiming her life. Now, Zeisler is sharing her methods in her book, Weapons of Fitness: The Woman’s Ultimate…
Michael Ruscoe
June 15, 2015
Miscellany

Book Review: Celebrating diversity on Loving Day

It’s a bad time for Warren Duffy. His comic book shop has failed. His marriage to his wife, a beautiful Welsh woman, has crashed and burned. His comic book shop in Cardiff has gone out of business. On top of that, his Irish-American father has died, and Warren is returning…
Michael Ruscoe
June 12, 2015
Fiction

Researching The Patriot Threat in Steve Berry’s America

Maybe the only person who’s better-traveled than Cotton Malone, the hero of Steve Berry’s best-selling series of international thrillers, is Steve Berry himself. The author, whose work for historic preservation has been recognized by everyone from the American Library Association to the Smithsonian Institution, has sent his main character to…
Michael Ruscoe
April 27, 2015
Nonfiction

This spring break, Party Like a President

If nothing else, we here at BookTrib feel bound by the sense of decorum that our devotion to books and literature commands. Therefore, I humbly beg your indulgence while I express the following sentiment: Its SPRING BREAK, baby! Woooo-hooooo!!! PARTY!! PARTY HEARTY, PEOPLE!!! Thanks. I feel better now. Actually, I…
Michael Ruscoe
March 15, 2015