Michael Gravel

Michael Gravel is a writer, expert speaker, and web designer based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He's the frontman of The Raving Poets, E-Town's longest-running open-mic poetry series. He's the author of StreetRag: An Urban Notebook and The Fast Places, published in 2008 by Red Nettle Press. He runs a small web design and writing shop called MG Creative. In December 2007 he was nearly killed by a blood clot in his heart. Cherishing the gift of continued breath, he writes with a renewed sense of hope and empathy. He lives with his wife, stepdaughter, and two incorrigible hounds.