Author of suspense and horror novels, as well as short stories and collections, Michael's books have been downloaded over 80,000 times on Amazon.com. His suspense novel Regret* has been in and out of the Top 100 Suspense rankings on Amazon, recently reaching the #1 spot overall in the free books section during a promotion. Rough Draft, a horror novel and newest release, has been in the Top 100 horror rankings.

Lives in Virginia where he's currently working on a new novel and trying to keep himself from thinking his next idea is a better one.

*Writing as Dan Dawkins