Michael Grady has written the book for the musicals Baylin’s Monster and Phenomenal Smith and musical adaptations of A Christmas Carol and Studs Terkel’s Oral History American Dreams: Lost and Found. His play Dancers won the American College Theatre Festival’s National Collegiate Playwriting Award, and his play The Harmony Codes was selected to the Sundance Playwright’s Lab. He has bachelor’s degree in Theatre from Michigan State University and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre from the University of Arizona. Mike’s works have been performed at the Kennedy Center, Chicago’s Organic Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Childsplay and The Purple Rose Theatre in Michigan. His first novel, Breaking Ball, is published on Amazon.