Michael Sheehan

Michael Sheehan lives in Cedar, Michigan, on the Leelanau Peninsula. He taught English for 26 years at Olive-Harvey College, City Colleges of Chicago.  

Sheehan has hosted a weekly call-in radio program about the English language since 2001. It airs on Traverse City’s WTCM, AM-580, and can be heard live every Tuesday morning between 9:00 and 10:00. He is a member of The Society of Midland Authors, the Dictionary Society of North America, The American Dialect Society, and Michigan Writers. 

Sheehan has eleven books to his credit:

 The Word Parts Dictionary, 3rd Edition (McFarland & Co., 2021)

• More Words to the Wise (Arbutus Press, 2009)
• The Word Parts Dictionary, 2nd Edition (McFarland & Co., 2008) 
• On the Lamb in a Doggy Dog World  (Arbutus Press 2006)      
• Words to the Wise: A Lighthearted Look at the English Language (Arbutus Press, 2004)
• The Word Parts Dictionary (McFarland & Co., 2000)
• Words! A Vocabulary Power Workbook (Harcourt Brace1996)
• Handbook for Basic Writers, co-author (Prentice-Hall, 1991)
• Workbook for Basic Writers, co-author (Prentice-Hall, 1991)
• The Cry of the Jackal (Avalon Books, 1991)
• In the Shadow of the Bear (Avalon Books, 1990)