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May 1, 2015 · A story assignment first brought Mike Finkel to southwest Montana in 1993, and he’s called Bozeman home base ever since. Finkel, an avid skier, came to Bozeman while working on a story that fit perfectly into his life at the time: what it’s like to be a ski bum for a year.
Wordsmiths of Southwest Montana: Mike Finkel. Sitting down with author Mike Finkel. Mike Finkel shunned the typical path taken by his fellow University of Pennsylvania graduates and became an outdoor writer. His first story won him a free ski trip out West, and he’s been here ever since.
When he was finally captured and arrested in April 2013, the story of the North Pond Hermit made headlines worldwide, but Knight spoke to only one journalist: Michael Finkel. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Finkel explains the origins of the whispered myth that haunted central Maine for decades, the legend of The Stranger in the Woods.
Mike learned that a man named Christian Longo, accused of murdering his wife and children in Oregon, had assumed Finkel’s identity while on the run in Mexico.
Apr 17, 2015 · In February 2002, the disgraced New York Times journalist Michael Finkel was hiding out in his home near Bozeman, Mont., alternating pacing, lying.
Feb 20, 2024 · Author Michael Finkel spent a decade working on the book, gaining Breitwieser’s confidence and visiting museums he robbed. It’s an engrossing read, an intimate study of a character who sees museums themselves as thieves, and a page-flipping thriller.
Apr 16, 2015 · Finkel, a freelance journalist, was found to have created a composite character in a report for the New York Times and, in disgrace, retreated to rural Montana. There, he learned that a...
