So who is this Michael Griffo person? 

That's an easy question to answer.  I'm an out and proud Jersey Boy,  a super fan of The Young & The Restless , an adult level-6 figure skater who obsessively follows the sport, a theatre nerd, and, oh yeah, a writer.

I've been writing and telling stories for as long as I can remember.  Plays, screenplays, short stories, novels, even my own soap opera with the very, very clever title of . . . Secrets!   

Professionally speaking, I got serious about writing around 2009.  Since then I've written eighteen novels, a novella, a bunch of short stories, several short plays, twelve full-length plays, and a handful of screenplays.  I've won some awards, had some successes, a few failures, but I still absolutely love sitting down at an empty laptop screen to start telling a new story. 

Truth be told, I really prefer sitting on a couch with the perfect notebook and the perfect pen to start jotting down the first lines of a new play, the outline of a new novel, or just the kernels of a new idea that demands attention.  I'm old school that way.  

Here are a few more things about me that may or may not be important to know: 

      my favorite classic play is William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba
      my favorite comedy is Neil Simon's Rumors 
      my favorite modern play is Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother
      my favorite classic musical is Hello, Dolly!
      my favorite modern musical is Carrie
      my favorite figure skater is Michelle Kwan
      my favorite classic novel is Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre
      my favorite recent novel is Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes
      my favorite YA novel is John Knowles' A Separate Peace
      my favorite TV sitcom is The Brady Bunch
      my favoriate TV show is Knots Landing     
      my favorite soap opera is The Edge of Night
      my favorite movie musical is The Sound of Music
      my favorite fun movie is Foul Play
      my favorite dramatic film is Brokeback Mountain

Well, I think you may now know more about me than you ever wanted to!  
Thanks for spending some time with me, but now you should go check out the rest of the site.  Feel free to reach out and let me know what you think and definitely come back to see what's new in my world!

Michael