Sean Michaels (writer)

Sean Michaels
Michaels at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Michaels at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Stirling, Scotland
OccupationNovelist, music blogger
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksUs Conductors

Sean Michaels (born 1982) is a Scottish-born Canadian novelist, music critic, and blogger, based in Montreal, Quebec. Michaels’ first , Us Conductors won the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize. His second, The Wagers (2019), was named “a wistful and wonderful adventure” by Booklist. His third, Do You Remember Being Born?, was praised by the Globe & Mail as “wildly unique…it might be the forebear of a whole new genre of writing."[1]

As a music critic and journalist, Michaels has written for publications such as The Guardian, McSweeney's, The Believer, Pitchfork, Maisonneuve, The Observer, The Wire and The National Post. His weekly music column, Heartbeats, debuted in The Globe & Mail in 2015.

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