Michael Hayes is an accomplished writer. He's lived many places - from his childhood in New York City, to high school in Los Angeles, to the University of Michigan where he obtained his PhD in Psychology, and finally Key West for the last 20 years.Although Michael comes from a literary family, he only started writing upon the death of his wife in 2018. Since then, he's been a finalist in the Key West Literary Seminar's Scott Merrill Emerging Poet Award 2021 and invited to Key West Literary Seminar's Advanced Poetry Workshop for two consecutive years.