A prolific author and award-winning investigative reporter, Pulitzer Prize-nominated Michael Clarkson has come up with an intriguing look at an old subject. His new book is The Poltergeist Phenomenon: An In- Depth Investigation Into Floating Beds, Smashing Glass, and Other Unexplained Disturbances. A poltergeist is a disturbance or energy with bizarre physical effects of paranormal origin that suggest mischievous or destructive intent, such as breaking or moving objects and loud knocks or noises. Reviewing 75 cases and interviewing hundreds of witnesses, paranormal experts, law enforcement officers, psychologists and skeptics. Among other compelling incidents that occurred during Clarkson's investigations, he obtained the only interview with a young man thought to have caused a poltergeist incident that affected an entire shift of police officers. Michael Clarkson has written six psychology books, including Intelligent Fear, and The Secret Life of Glenn Gould. As a hard-headed newspaper reporter for nearly forty years, he has won many awards for investigative stories, from serial killers to AIDS and nepotism in government. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his rendezvous with reclusive author J. D. Salinger. Clarkson is considered an expert in fear and stress, producing new research and lecturing frequently on the subject. - www.michaelclarkson.com