Michael John Sullivan
Long Island, New York
Michael John Sullivan is the creator of the SockKids.
Constantly searching for his socks, he wondered whether the missing foot comforters had found another pair of feet to warm.
Before his interest in socks, Sullivan started writing his first novel while homeless, riding a NYC subway train at night. After being rescued off the train, he spent much of the past two decades raising two daughters while working at home.
Sullivan returned to his subway notes in 2007 and began writing Necessary Heartbreak: A Novel of Faith and Forgiveness (Simon & Schuster, Gallery Books imprint). Library Journal named Necessary Heartbreak one of the year’s best for 2010.
His second novel, Everybody’s Daughter (The Story Plant, 2012) was named one of the best books of 2012 by TheExaminer.com.
Sullivan has written articles about the plight of homelessness for CNN.com, The Washington Post.com, Beliefnet.com, the Huffington Post, and America Online’s Patch.com service.