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Michael Powell has been a writer at the New York Times since 2007, and a “Sports of The Times” columnist since 2014. Before joining the Times, he worked for the Washington Post from 1996 to 2006, where he covered the 2000 presidential campaign and later served as New York bureau chief. He has been part of teams that won the Pulitzer Prize and the Polk Award. Powell began his career in 1984 at the Burlington Free Press, going on to positions with the Bergen Record, New York Newsday, and the New York Observer. He studied American and African history at SUNY Purchase College, worked as a tenant organizer in East Flatbush, and received his master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 1984. Powell and his wife have two sons. They live in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.

Michael Powell Books

365 Reasons You're the Perfect Mum book cover

365 Reasons You're the Perfect Mum

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Twenty to Stitch: Christmas Cross Stitch book cover

Twenty to Stitch: Christmas Cross Stitch

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Living In A Two-Faced Jungle book cover

Living In A Two-Faced Jungle

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The Keys to Christian Living book cover

The Keys to Christian Living

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Canyon Dreams book cover

Canyon Dreams

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The Most Forbidden Knowledge book cover

The Most Forbidden Knowledge

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Forbidden Knowledge - College book cover

Forbidden Knowledge - College

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The Mammoth Book of Great British Humour book cover

The Mammoth Book of Great British Humour

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