Patrick j kiger biography of michael

At various times in my career, I've been a newspaper crime reporter, a magazine editor, a freelance writer for publications ranging from GQ and the Los Angeles Times Magazine to Mother Jones, a nonfiction author for HarperCollins, and a web content creator and blogger for brand-name media sites such as the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and the AARP. 

But that list of credentials doesn't quite convey the essence of what I've done and what I know how to do. I'm a meticulous reporter, one who amasses and analyzes every bit of background I can find on a subject, and who prepares extensively for interviews to come up with incisive questions.

I gather details, but I focus upon where they fit into the big picture, and look for the context that makes some facts significant. When I sit down to write, I enjoy the challenge of taking a complicated situation or a seemingly contradictory set of facts, and mak