Mike Corwin

Mike Corwin was born in Mobile, Alabama. He graduated from Tulane University on a Navy scholarship and spent five years on active-duty teaching physics at the Naval Nuclear Power School. After receiving a Ph.D. in physics from Georgia Tech, he taught physics and astronomy at UNC Charlotte for almost forty years .

After retiring, he began writing fiction and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University. In November 2020, he published "Tallapoosa, A Southern Novel" with SKF Publishing. Since then, he has published "The Art of Dying and other stories." Altogether, he has published nine books, three works of fiction, three memoirs, and three physics and astronomy textbooks. His latest obsession is painting and is receiving lessons from a professional artist friend. Some of his work can be seen at mikecorwinart.com