Michael Thomas Barry is the award-winning author of eight nonfiction books that have received nearly two dozen literary awards. Most notable are the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Award (bronze medal) and the 2011 & 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award (silver & gold medals).

Between 2012-2018, Michael was a columnist for CrimeMagazine.com, where he penned the weekly column “This Week in Crime History.” In 2016, he became a staff reviewer for the New York Journal of Books and as a contributing correspondent, his reviews have appeared in over a dozen Southern California newspapers.

The author has made several television appearances including Investigation Discovery Channel’s Deadly Women and True Nightmares series, as well as PBS SoCal’s Real Orange.

Michael attended Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, and eventually graduated from California State University, Fullerton with bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and history. During this, he was honored by the national council of Phi Alpha Theta for his conspicuous attainments and scholarship in the field of history. His research paper Agitation & Emigration: The Coalfields of Great Britain, 1901-1913 was chosen as one of the most exceptional papers of the year 98 and published in the Welebaethan Journal of History.

Michael is a proud member of the Mystery Writers of America and Authors Guild.