Michael Bedard

He began writing when his former high school teacher showed him works of Emily Dickinson and T. S. Eliot.

Dale Gale calls the work "rich in language and riveting in tone: it brims with a sense of foreboding that is sustained throughout" and a "well-crafted eerie novel that demands to be read again".

[8] Another reviewer said that Bedard was "working on a new level" and that "everything is described in detail and every point is made through dialogue".

[9] The Painted Devil is a sequel to A Darker Magic, set in the same town of Caledon 28 years later.

The publisher blurbed, "At once an exploration of poetry, a story of family relationships, and an intriguing mystery, The Green Man is Michael Bedard at his finest.