Michael G. O’Connell, a Florida native, is a retired creative director/illustrator who spends much of his time writing and reading. He was first published as part of a Twitter experiment where he and hundreds of others wrote a novella with Neil Gaiman. An award-winning poet, his short stories have appeared online and in print, including The Bacopa Literary Journal and Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories. He is currently editing his first novel and illustrating his wife’s children’s book.

Michael will read at 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 29 in the Lecture Hall.
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JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival IX, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29, 2022 at the Jessie Ball duPont Center, 40 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202. Click here for directions and parking information.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: JaxNEXT100, Jessie Ball duPont Center, Moving the Margins, 904WARD, Happy Tapir Press, Bab’s Lab, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, The Volstead, JaxPsychoGeo, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC. Please click on their names to learn more.