Michael Gregg Michaud writes about Hollywood, and has contributed to numerous books about show business and the arts.  He is the author of the critically acclaimed, best-selling Lambda Book Award nominated Sal Mineo, A Biography.  The biography was a pick of the month in Los Angeles Magazine and by Turner Classic Movies, appeared on Leonard Maltin's recommended holiday list in 2010, and later adapted for the screen as a feature film, Sal by James Franco.  He edited and annotated, Mae West Between the Covers, (Bear Manor Media, 2018), which was nominated for the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Best Anthology, and wrote Mae West: Broadcast Muse (Bear Manor Media, 2019, which was nominated for the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy.