Michael Paul Mason
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Michael Paul Mason (born May 29, 1971, Tulsa, Oklahoma), sometimes credited as Michael Mason, is an American writer, author, radio producer, and journalist.
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Literary work
Mason's first book of non-fiction, Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath, chronicles the years he spent as a brain-injury case manager and tells the stories of twelve individuals who survived brain injury.
While a contributing editor for Discover magazine, Mason wrote the article, "Dead Men Walking", which triggered a national debate about the treatment of brain-injured veterans of the Iraq War.
As an independent radio producer, Mason has created works that have appeared on several public radio stations. Mason is also the creator of a popular weekly podcast called Goodbye Tulsa, which tells the story of Tulsa through the lives of citizens who have died.
Bibliography
Books
- Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008)
Articles
- "Dead Men Walking", Discover (2007)
- "Iraq's Medical Meltdown", Discover (2007)
- "The 9/11 Cover-Up", Discover (2007)
- "How to Teach Science to the Pope", Discover (2008)
- "Keeping Our Heads" (op-ed), The New York Times (2009)
- "The Disappearance of Ford Beckman", The Believer (2009)
Radio Production
- "Inside the Glore," (2009)
- "The Guardian of the Murder House," (2009)
- "Goodbye Tulsa" (weekly series)