A story of life, death and dramatic rebirth.
Charles Monagan will share his story of his 15-year battle with myelofibrosis, a formerly incurable bone marrow cancer, and leukemia, and his eventual recovery through the miraculous, though often brutal, means of stem-cell replacement.
His 2ND ACT talk will pay tribute to not only the science and medical teams that engineered Monagan's recovery, but also to the endless support of family and friends who rallied to his side — and the lessons he learned along the way.
Charles Monagan’s career as a writer and editor began in 1972, after graduating from Dartmouth. From 1989 to 2013, he was the editor of Connecticut Magazine. In 1997, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Reporting from the national City and Regional Magazine Association. In 2012, he received the Connecticut Press Club’s Mark Twain Award for Distinguished Journalism, a lifetime award.
He is the author of ten books, including The Neurotic’s Handbook, The Reluctant Naturalist, and How to Get a Monkey into Harvard. Additionally, he penned the book and lyrics for the musical Mad Bomber, which was produced in 2011 and won first place in the Academy for New Musical Theatre’s 2012 International Search for New Musicals.
His most recent books are Carrie Welton (2016), a novel, which was a semifinalist for the M.M. Bennetts Award for historical fiction, Connecticut Icons (2017) and The Easter Confession (2020), called a "superior whodunit" by Publishers Weekly.
