Michael Griffo has written over 20 plays including his latest play, PEN PALS. High School Plays licensed by TRW: PROMAPOCALYPSE!, MATERIAL GIRLS, and VAMPIRE VALEDICTORIAN; NO MORE SUNDAYS, The Attic Ensemble, Winner Best Original Play, New Jersey Perry Award, 2001; 9th STREET WATER, Altered Stages, NY, 2004; North American Actors Association, London, 2006; SYZYGY, Published online at LodestarQuarterly.com; JUST A KISS published online at GhostCityPress.com; THE DATE, workshop production, Civic Theatre of Allentown, Allentown, PA; CAN DINA EVEN SPELL AFGHANISTAN? – 2016 finalist Reva Shiner Comedy Award; TWO, Theater Artists’ Coop of NY, Connelly Theatre, 2005; Finalist – Brevard Little Theatre New Play Competition, NC; PIECES, Barnstormers Theatre, Tamworth, NH, 2006; THE SPOT, Winner – Identity Theater’s Self-Discovery Reading Series, 2013; CLOUDY, Licensed by Playscripts.com and published in Smith & Kraus’s 2005: The Best 10-Minute Plays for Two Actors. Winner of multiple short play festivals including – FusionWorks’ 3rd Annual Mini-Fest, Boston; Emerging Artists Theatre, Short Play Festival 2005, NY; and Heartland Theatre Company, Normal, IL; 5G/10B, Published in Smith & Kraus’s 2005: The Best 10-Minute Plays for Two Actors. Winner – 15 Minute Play Festival, American Globe Theatre, NY; Ten by Ten Play Festival, New Gate Theatre, Providence, RI; and Playwrights’ Circle 2007 National Short Play Festival, Palm Springs CA.
In addition, Michael has published sixteen novels with Kensington Books including BETWEEN BOYFRIENDS, MURDER IN AN ITALIAN VILLAGE, the first in The Bria Bartolucci Mysteries; The Ferrara Family Mystery Series including MURDER ON MEMORY LAKE; The Archangel Academy Series, a gay YA supernatural trilogy, including UNNATURAL, UNWELCOME, and UNAFRAID and The Darkborn Legacy including MOONGLOW, SUNBLIND, and STARFALL.
His screenplays include HOLIDAY HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, UNCLE MIKE, THE SILVER REINDEER, and THE CHRISTMAS SWAP.
Michael is a magna cum laude graduate of New York University and studied writing at Gotham Writers Workshop, Playwrights Horizons and The New School.
For more information visit www.MichaelGriffo.com