Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Serrian attended Brooklyn College where he majored in English and Film and wrote and directed several short films. Over the next ten years, he worked in the publishing industry as a proofreader, copywriter, and graphic designer. In 1987, his first two novels Captured and Night Runners were published. The suspense thrillers, Mirage and Fatal Exit, soon followed, published by Bantam Books. In 1995, Macmillan published his first nonfiction hardcover book, Now Hiring: Film, for young adults, focusing on careers in the film industry.Since relocating to Los Angeles in 1987, Michael Serrian has worked at Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Turner Pictures, and DreamWorks, SKG as an Assistant Director in feature animation. In 1999, Michael wrote and produced the live action feature, Cruising Purgatory and in 2002, wrote, produced, and co-directed This Way Out of Brooklyn.Currently, Michael Serrrian is a web and graphic designer and working on his next novel