A native of Iowa with an MFA from the Writing Program at the University of California, Irvine, Michael Borich was awarded a Writing Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. He has taught at colleges in Iowa, Montana, California, Wisconsin, Florida, Missouri and for two years in the Peoples Republic of China.
With his wife Lynn, he created Classic Lit Press, an independent press specializing in great books of the world. They publish classics with enhanced study notes and new illustrations.
Michael Borich has published three poetry collections, three novels, and four nonfiction books. He and his wife have two sons, two daughters-in-law and live in the Missouri Ozarks.