​Michael Zadoorian is the author of four novels, THE NARCISSISM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES (Akashic Books, 2020) BEAUTIFUL MUSIC (Akashic Books, 2018), THE LEISURE SEEKER (William Morrow, 2009) and SECOND HAND (W.W. Norton, 2000), and a story collection, THE LOST TIKI PALACES OF DETROIT (Wayne State University Press, 2009). A motion picture of THE LEISURE SEEKER starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland was released in 2018 by Sony Pictures Classics.  
 
His work has appeared in The Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Wisconsin Review, Witness, Great Lakes Review, North American Review, Huffington Post, Literary Hub, The Millions and the anthologies Bob Seger’s House, Looping Detroit, On The Clock, and Detroit Noir. His books have been translated into over twenty different languages.  He has worked as a copywriter, journalist, voiceover talent, shipping room clerk, and plant guard for Chrysler. A lifelong resident of the Detroit area, he lives with his wife in a 1937 bungalow filled with cats and objects that used to be in the houses of other people.