About Michael Coffey
Michael Coffey was raised in the small town of Saranac, in upstate New York. He received a BA in English from the University of Notre Dame and an MA from Leeds University in Anglo-Irish Literature. After university, he moved to New York City and began a career in publishing. He has authored three books of poems; a book about baseball’s perfect games; and co-edited a book about Irish immigration to America, which was a companion volume to a PBS documentary. In 2014 Michael left his full-time role as co-editorial director at Publishers Weekly to devote more time to writing and living upstate. He has two sons and is married to the artist Rebecca Smith.