Michael grew up in the suburbs of New York City on Long Island. He has a twin brother, Elliott, and an older brother, Harry. After graduating from the University of Buffalo he earned his master's degree in education at Washington University, St. Louis. When he moved to Los Angeles, he continued his education and earned another master's degree in Reading. He became interested in writing during his days in Buffalo writing reports for his history professor, Dr. David Abosch. While working for a private company in L.A. developing educational materials, he wrote a short story. His boss thought it was more of a treatment for a novel. Years later "The Light: An Alien Abduction" was published.

Michael is the author of two novels, "The Legend of Koolura" and "The Light: An Alien Abduction." The former won the Word Weaver's Award for Excellence. He has won the 73rd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition and the Twelfth Annual Stepping Stone Children's Writer's Competition. He has had over 50 articles published in local and national magazines.

Goodbye Tchaikovsky came in Second Place in the 2015 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards. Koolura and the Mayans also won Second Place nod in the 2016 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards.

Michael is a certificated reading specialist and teacher in California.