My name is Todd Mirabile and I loved to write ever since I was a child. I was influenced by the Bible and Stephen King novels and I loved to do book reports in school when I was a kid. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and I am also an artist. Second to writing, painting is my passion. I am also a Roman Catholic and I've read a lot of Catholic literature. I guess that is what conceived the idea of 'Michael'. That and 'Gone with the Wind' which is, in my opinion, the greatest love story of all time. I also love movies and I read 'The Godfather' which also inspired me to write 'Michael'. And one more book that inspired me to write such a book was "The Outsiders' which is one of my favorites. My dream is to be a writer and get my book published some day. I hope you get to read it and if you do, tell me what you think.