Man Gone Down

Michael Thomas is an American author born August 21, 1967, in Boston, Massachusetts, best known for his debut novel Man Gone Down (2007), which won the 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (€100,000 prize) and was named a New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year. His other notable works include the memoir The Broken King (2025), exploring generations of Black American men, trauma, and alcoholism. He holds a BA from Hunter College and an MFA from Warren Wilson College, and teaches English at Hunter College in New York.Encyclopedia.com, Wikipedia: Man Gone Down, Literary Hub, Dublin Literary Award