MICHAEL P. RAFF
was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and fell in love with writing at the age of thirteen. He attended Creative Writing courses at Cypress College, in Cypress California. In addition to Special, a true, coming-of-age, romance novel, he has written Skeleton Man, Seven: Tales of Terror, Scare Tactics, Shreds, Stalkers, and Shadowland. He is a current member of the High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club. He and his wife Joyce live in Hesperia, California with their amazing assortment of animals.