Michael Cooney

Michael Cooney is the author of six novels and numerous short stories, inspired largely by the history of his native upstate New York. "Neither Rebel Nor Tory" and "The River That Flows Both Ways" focus on neglected figures from the colonial period. "Roxy Druse & The Murders of Herkimer County" is based on the 1887 true story of a woman hung for the murder and dismemberment of her husband. "The Red Nurse" is a tale of the socialists and anarchists who led the 1912 textile strike in Little Falls...See more

Michael Cooney is the author of six novels and numerous short stories, inspired largely by the history of his native upstate New York. "Neither Rebel Nor Tory" and "The River That Flows Both Ways" focus on neglected figures from the colonial period. "Roxy Druse & The Murders of Herkimer County" is based on the 1887 true story of a woman hung for the murder and dismemberment of her husband. "The Red Nurse" is a tale of the socialists and anarchists who led the 1912 textile strike in Little Falls. "The True History of Joseph Smith" is the story of the Mormon prophet as seen through the eyes of his sister, while "The Great Monroe High School Fire" is a glimpse of the 1970s Bronx, a time when arson and crime destroyed large parts of the borough. See less