Michael J. Atwood is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s prestigious Master of Professional Writing program and Boston College. He currently works as both a fiction and freelance writer in North Attleborough, Massachusett but his full-time pursuit is as an English Language Arts teacher at Middleboro High School. He has written for a number of publications including The Boston Globe, Patriot Ledger, North Attleborough Free Press, and Attleboro Sun Chronicle. In 2010, Aqueous Books published Atwood’s first short story collection, HiStory of Santa Monica: Stories. The collection was a "minor-league" success selling many copies and is still available a number of bookstores across the U.S.. His second short story collection, HiStory of Santa Monica II: More Stories is due to be published in 2015.