Michael is a senior executive and first-time children’s book author residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife Gina. He was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey, where Jet’s incredible adventure unfolded. Michael has been telling Jet’s story for decades before publishing The Legend of Jet the Gerbil. He has three kids, Ava, Davis and Alden, two step daughters Hanna and Raina, two rescue dogs Ziggy and Cooper, and a new gerbil named Gunny.