Michael Griffo was born, raised, and has since relocated to New Jersey.  He is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and freelance writer.  His plays have been produced throughout the country, in London, and some can be licensed at Playscripts.com and TRWPlays.com.  Two of his plays – CLOUDY and 5G/10B – have been published in Smith & Kraus’s Best 10 Minute Plays for 2 Actors: 2005.

Michael has written 13 novels, 1 novella, and contributed an essay to an anthology.  Two young adult supernatural trilogies, one cozy mystery series, two pieces of gay fiction all have been published by Kensington Books.  Two self-published books can be found at Smashwords.com and he’s written several screenplays that may, one day, actually get produced.

As a freelance writer, Michael’s written for and contributed content to Camp Broadway, Kids’ Choice, FamilyPC, Soap Opera Weekly, PictureTel, TheBark.com, and many more.

When he’s not writing, Michael can often be found figure skating and he recently passed his final test to become a Level 6 adult figure skater.  Beijing 2022!