About Mike

Alright, I gotta be honest here. This is supposed to be done in third person. Except…I’m the guy updating this page. Me. Mike. Not a consultant. Just me at my laptop. I can’t write about myself in third person. It feels stupid.

SO: Hiya! I’m Mike. I’ve been a writer since I wrote my first short story in eighth grade, a Star Wars fanfiction. It was terrible. However, that creative creative passion followed me into adulthood.

My full time job is the greatest job in the world: I represent the people of the 132nd Legislative District as a State Representative. I also serve my colleges in the House Democratic Caucus as the Majority Whip. Serving as a State Representative has given me a chance to make a district.

The problem closest to my heart is mental health, where I work to enact policies that will give people the chance to recover from their mental illness the way I have. The issue is personal: I’ve been treated for depression and anxiety related disorders since I was 18.

It was this desire to help which drove me to write Redemption, my first novel, but not my first book. That honor goes to Tweets and Consequences, an anthology about the varied ways elected officials have destroyed their careers via social media.

When not writing, I play video games (both modern and old school), watch anything related to the Muppets (specifically Fraggle Rock!), read, attempt to get to the gym, and call my constituents on their birthdays.

I live in South Whitehall, Pennsylvania, with his wife Brenna and his two wonderful children: Auron, born in 2011, and Ayla, born in 2012. Bonus points if you get the source of my kids names.