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# Michael Mewshaw

(1943)   Novelist

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Michael Mewshaw is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Michael Mewshaw

Born February 19, 1943

Profession Novelist

## About Michael Mewshaw

American writer... \| Michael Mewshaw is an American author of 11 novels and 11 books of nonfiction, and works frequently as a travel writer, investigative reporter, book reviewer, and tennis reporter. His novel Year of the Gun was made into a film of the same name by John Frankenheimer in 1991. He is married with two so

##  Quotes by Michael Mewshaw

> [“Personally I like going places where I don't speak the language, don't know anybody, don't know my way around and don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mewshaw/personally-i-like-going-places-where-i-don-t-speak-the-language-don-t/)

[Michael Mewshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mewshaw/)

[Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/michael-mewshaw-73585_alive_personally-i-like-going-places-where-i-d_1776950.jpg)

> [Cats are like insects. They should be left outside to clean up the garbage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mewshaw/cats-are-like-insects-they-should-be-left-outside-to-clean-up-the/)

[Michael Mewshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mewshaw/)

[Cat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cat/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19b/michael-mewshaw-73585_cat_cats-are-like-insects-they-should-be-lef_1929818.jpg)

> [Frederick Buechner brings the reader to his knees, sometimes in laughter, sometimes in an astonishment very close to prayer, and at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mewshaw/frederick-buechner-brings-the-reader-to-his-knees-sometimes-in/)

[Michael Mewshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mewshaw/)

[Astonishment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astonishment/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/michael-mewshaw-73585_astonishment_frederick-buechner-brings-the-reader-to_2219913.jpg)

> [“I'm not scared of dying. I'm scared of living on and on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mewshaw/i-m-not-scared-of-dying-i-m-scared-of-living-on-and-on/)

[Michael Mewshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mewshaw/)

[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/michael-mewshaw-73585_death_i-m-not-scared-of-dying-i-m-scared-of-li_2923727.jpg)

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