Michael G. West, graduate of Williams College and the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, is an acclaimed poet and the author of several novels, including the Tommy Shakespear Mystery Thriller series and the Martha’s Vineyard EcoThriller trilogy, featuring Sam Hill. He has worked as a dishwasher, short-order cook, housepainter, shingler, sheetrock taper, private tutor, taxi driver, college professor, freelance book editor, computer programmer, industry analyst and strategy consultant. He lives year-round on Martha’s Vineyard.

In addition to writing fiction, he has been writing, performing and publishing poetry,  writing and producing plays, writing and performing songs, creating online hypermedia, and doing interviews and book reviews since his undergraduate days in the 60s. Most recently, he has published a new book of poems, When Stuff Is Not Enough and a  novel, The Five-Headed Dragon.