Michael Hartwig is a Boston- and Provincetown-based author of LGBTQ fiction. His books weave together LGBTQ themes, ethics, religion, art, languages, and travel. The stories are set in international venues with rich local descriptions and language. Hartwig imagines multidimensional characters who are at crossroads in their lives. They grapple with their own gender and sexuality and with prevailing paradigms of sexuality and family in the world around them. Hartwig has a facility for fast-paced plots that transport readers to other worlds. They are romantic and steamy as well as thoughtful and engaging.