Michael Sears

Winner or short-listed for major awards including the Edgar

Michael Sears' first novel, BLACK FRIDAYS, a financial thriller with heart, won the Shamus award and was short-listed for the Edgar and three other awards.  MORTAL BONDS, the second in the Jason Stafford series, won the Best Novel award at Killer Nashville.  LONG WAY DOWN was chosen as on of the best thrillers of 2015.  The series ended (for now) with SAVING JASON.

TOWER OF BABEL began a new series, exploring the world of Queens, NY, the single most ethnically, culturally, and economically diverse community on the planet.  Cutthroat real estate developers, crooked politicians, and gangsters of various backgrounds prey upon denizens, both the recently arrived and those with deep roots.  Ted Molloy is their reluctant hero.  The book won the prestigious NERO award, and an Earphones Award for the audio version.  LOVE THE STRANGER followed, to great acclaim and A PRUDENT MAN will arrive in the Spring of 2027.

Until 2005, Mr. Sears was a Managing Director for two different Wall Street firms, where he worked in the bond market for twenty years and, earlier, in foreign exchange and derivatives. Prior to returning to Columbia University for his MBA, he was, for eight years, a professional actor appearing at the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington (Folger Theatre), Playwright's Theater of Washington, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, The Comedy Stage Co., and, in the course of a single year, every soap opera shot in New York City.  

He is married to the artist and poet, Barbara Segal.  Together with the not-altogether-domesticated cat, Penelope, they live in Glen Cove, NY, within sight of the towers of New York.