Michael Finkel is an acclaimed author known for his pro­found works, includ­ing the inter­na­tion­al best­seller *The Stranger in the Woods* and *True Sto­ry: Mur­der, Mem­oir, Mea Cul­pa*, the lat­ter of which was adapt­ed into a major motion pic­ture in 2015. Finkel has con­tributed his writ­ing tal­ents to sev­er­al pres­ti­gious pub­li­ca­tions, such as *Nation­al Geo­graph­ic*, *GQ*, *Rolling Stone*, *Esquire*, *Van­i­ty Fair*, *The Atlantic*, and *The New York Times Mag­a­zine*. His diverse writ­ing expe­ri­ence under­scores his ver­sa­til­i­ty and skill in engag­ing sto­ry­telling. Cur­rent­ly, he resides with his fam­i­ly in north­ern Utah, where he con­tin­ues to write and cre­ate com­pelling nar­ra­tives.