Author Larry Tye has announced that he will be attending the 34th Annual Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL showcasing his latest book, "Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero".

Tye runs the Boston-based Health Coverage Fellowship, which is designed to help the media do a better job covering critical health care issues. Each year it trains 10 medical journalists from newspapers, radio stations and TV outlets from across the country, on topics ranging from public health and mental health to insuring the uninsured.

From 1986 to 2001, Tye was a reporter at the Boston Globe, where his primary beat was medicine. He also served as the Globe’s environmental reporter, roving national writer, investigative reporter, and sports writer. Before that he was the environmental reporter at the Courier-Journal in Louisville, and covered government and business at the Anniston Star in Alabama.

In "Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero", Tye has put together the first full-fledged biography not just of the Man of Steel, but of the visionary writers and artists, publishers and performers, who kept aloft the red-and-blue-clad icon through seven decades and counting. Tye shows us how Superman — like few other mythical characters before or since — has evolved in a way that offers a Rorschach test of his changing times and our highest aspirations.

Other guests joining Tye at this year's Superman Celebration include actor John Glover (Lionel Luthor - Smallville), actress Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer - Smallville, actor Gerard Christopher (Superboy/Clark Kent - Adventures of Superboy), actor Johnny Rockwell (Superboy/Clark Kent - 1961 Superboy Pilot) and writer/illustrator George Perez (Avengers, Teen Titans, and Wonder Woman).

The 34th Annual Superman Celebration takes place June 7th - 10th, 2012 in Superman's Hometown of Metropolis, IL. For more information and updates, visit SupermanCelebration.net.