Michael Cogdill

Michael Cogdill is blessed as one of the most honored television storytellers in America. His cache of awards includes 32 Emmys and the National Edward R. Murrow for a broad range of achievement, from live reporting to long-form storytelling. His work proves the power a message can hold when it reaches the human heart. Michael’s television credits as a writer/performer include CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and The Today Show. His interview credits are about as varied as you can get: President Barack Obama, The Reverend Billy Graham, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Abby Hoffman, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator John McCain, Howard K. Smith, James Brown, and countless eminent members of Congress along with other key news makers around the country. His coverage credits include Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States and major figures in entertainment.

Okay, that's the publicist-driven carrying on about television, and I hope we can be friends anyway, all you lovers of great books. I'm a writer working across genres that include children’s literature, the Southern novel, and self-improvement non-fiction. My latest completed work, a novel entitled She-Rain, is currently in development as a feature film by a company I co-founded. My partners and I believe the world of book to film ought to change, radically, and we're bringing that change. Another piece of fiction is in my kettle, too: The Sinners of Honeysuckle Road. As a southern man, I love to write about southern women. I was raised by strong, graceful women. The proof is in She-Rain.

Oh, of course I'm a blogger, too. If you dare:

http://michaelcogdill.wordpress.com/

I was born a fairly poor and relatively redneck child in Asheville, North Carolina, June 11, 1961 -- the son of a truck driver and a mill worker. I'm extremely proud of my working-people roots, drawing on their deep wisdom and life lessons in my reporting, writing and public speaking. I'm also, thanks to my parents' devotion to higher education, a cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a degree in communications, emphasis on the liberal arts.

My news children’s book Where Did Joe Go launches in early 2023. Illustrations by former child prodigy, George Pocheptsov.

I used to anchor the 6:00 and 11:00 news weeknights on WYFF News 4, NBC in the western Carolinas and Georgia. Having left that very rewarding television career, I’m now founder and CEO of HeartStrong Media with my business partner, Rachel Allgood. Book launches and so much more in store very soon!!