Why Blame the Stars?

by Michael Segedy

When the paths of Zoe Asfah and Miles Blake accidentally cross one quiet, summer afternoon, they feel this inexplicable attraction. Is it fate? Maybe, but if so, they soon discover that fate also has its dark side. They can either accept what it deals out or fight like hell and believe their struggle is not in vain. How these two young adults confront their challenges defines the focus of the novel. Their personal journeys, from beginning to end, are filled with laughter, love, mystery, and heartache.

203 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 8, 2017

About the author

Michael Segedy is an award winning author. Over the years he has lived abroad in faraway places such as Taiwan, Israel, Morocco, and Peru. His life overseas has inspired him to write thrillers that include scenes set in foreign lands.

Novels to date:

Hampton Road, a psychological thriller
In Deep, a political thriller
Cupiditas, a political thriller
Evil's Root, a compilation of In Deep and Cupiditas
EMMA: Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists, a terrorist thriller
Our Darker Angel, a crime thriller
Sanctimonious Serial Killers, a crime thriller

Apart from writing novels, Michael has published three non-fiction works:

A Critical Look at John Gardner's Grendel
Teaching Literature and Writing in the Secondary Classroom
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson with Introduction, Notes, and Lessons by Michael Segedy

He's also published numerous academic articles about literature and writing in various scholarly journals.

Gwendolyn Brooks, former poet laureate of Illinois, presented him with Virginia English Bulletin's first place writing award.

He and his family currently spend half of the year living in the US and the other half in Lima, Peru.