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Michael Kardos (born 1970) is an American author. His short stories have appeared in The Southern Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, Blackbird, Pleiades, PRISM international, and several other magazines and anthologies. His first book of short stories, One Last Good Time, was published in February 2011. Biography Kardos was born in Westfield, New Jersey, and at an early age moved to West Long Branch, where he lived until graduating from Shore Regional High School. He then attended Princeton University, where he studied music theory and composition. In the years between college and graduate school he lived in Metuchen, NJ and played the drums in a number of bands, including 13th Floor and Thunder Road, “The Ultimate Tribute to Springsteen.” Kardos received an M.F.A. in creative writing from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Missouri. In 2007 he joined the graduate faculty at Mississippi State University, where he is an assistant professor of English, co-director of creative writing, and editor of the literary journal Jabberwock Review.