Michael Jefferson has been writing books, articles, short stories, and scripts since he was 12. His first novel, Horndog: Forty Years of Losing at the Dating Game, was published in 2017. He is also the author of more than two hundred short stories in virtually every genre. Among his award-winning stories are “Come and Get Your Love,” “Smokey and the Smiling Ghost,” “This is a Job for Captain Scarlet!” and “The Beast.” “Protector” was published in the anthology Stories Through the Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2024. “Curse of the Cane Man” appeared in Stories Through the Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2022.
His scripts include “Cheat the Hangman,” a western, and “Foul Ground,” a baseball treatment.
He began his writing career as a poet. His poem “Calliope” appeared in The New York Foundation Anthology, and “Little Girl Eyes” was published by the Iliad Press Literary Awards Program.
Michael has also fronted a variety of music groups that have toured the East Coast, including art rockers THC, The O'Donnell Gang, a 12-member classic rock outfit, Brass Monkey, a rock and blues quartet, Unzipped, a Ska and 80s influenced group, and R & B shouters Frankie Noire and the Blackhearts. He founded The Holy Innocents in 1996 and has made more than 500 appearances with the band.
A music historian, Michael has written artist profiles and reviews for Goldmine Magazine, Coffeerooms, and Sweet NYC.com.
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