 Michael Banks |
Before Oprah; Ruth Lyons, the woman who created talk TV |
Genre: non-fiction |
| Published: 2009 |
| A full-time writer and historian, Michael A. Banks has written more than 40 books, plus hundreds of magazine articles and short stories. Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, the Woman Who Created Talk TV, is his favorite project to date. "I prefer writing biographies over any other kind of writing," he says. "Sorting facts from legend and unraveling the story of someone's life is like solving a mystery. Once the facts are in place, there is the challenge of bringing the subject to life. The process is as gratifying as writing a novel." During the past twenty-five years, the Milford native has turned his hand to how-to books, hobby guides, science fiction novels, and reference works as well as biographies. Among his credits are On the Way to the Web, which reviewers have called "the definitive history of the Internet," and Crosley |