Michael G. Cornelius

Michael G. Cornelius is an American scholar specialising in early British literature and an author.

Background Michael Cornelius was raised in Summerhill, New York. After receiving a bachelor's degree at St. John Fisher College and a master's at Marshall University, he completed a PhD in medieval literature at the University of Rhode Island. Subsequently, Cornelius joined Wilson College - a liberal arts women's college in Pennsylvania - in 2002, He is openly gay. appeared in the anthology Black Earth, Ivory Tower, and was nominated for both an Independent Press Award and an American Library Association Award.

Two years later, in 2003, he co-authored (with Kate Emburg) the first of the Susan Slutt - Girl Detective novels, a parody of Nancy Drew-style works.

In 2007, Cornelius released his third novel - The Ascension - a religious-themed horror story.

He has also published short fiction in various journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Velvet Mafia, The Egg Box, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, The Spillway Review, and Encore, as well as in anthologies from Alyson Press and StarPress Books.

Works Creating Man (Vineyard Press, 2000) Susan Slutt - Girl Detective (with Kate Emburg) (Vineyard Press, 2003) The Ascension: A Novel (Breakneck Books, 2007)