Michael Patrick Shiels

Michael Patrick Shiels comes across the airwaves every weekday morning on the

Michigan Talk Network.

He was the last producer for the late Hall of Fame radio star J.P. McCarthy, who for over 30 years hosted Michigan's #1 morning news talk show. A J.P. tribute CD he produced and marketed raised $500,000 for leukemia research; his biography of McCarthy generated another $50,000 and was a regional bestseller. Shiels also worked with Marconi Award-winning morning radio funnyman Dick Purtan, one of the longest-running radio hosts in Michigan, as well as Paul W. Smith, Frank Beckmann, Roberta Jasina and Mark Champion.

Michael Patrick Shiels has also authored and collaborated on several books, including J.P. McCarthy's "Just Don't Tell 'em Where I Am" (Sleeping Bear Press), "Good Bounces and Bad Lies: The Autobiography of Ben Wright" (Sleeping Bear Press), "Speak Wright: a Literate Guide to the Game of Golf" (Ann Arbor Media), "Works of Art: The Golf Course Designs of Arthur Hills" (Downing Publishing), "Golf's Short Game for Dummies" (Wiley and Sons), "Donald Trump's Best Golf Advice I Ever Recieved" (Crown), and "My Dad and Me with Larry King", (Random House), and "Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects" (Skyhorse Publishing).

Shiels has traveled to over 30 countries throughout the Middle East, United Kingdom, Europe, Far East, Australia, and Asia. His travel articles and columns have been read in publications worldwide, such as: Golf Magazine, NICKLAUS Magazine, Northwest World Traveler, Midwest Airlines Magazine, Cigar Aficionado, Business Traveler Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Detroit News, Travel + Leisure Golf, World Golfer UK, SC Singapore, PGA Magazine, Links Magazine, Michigan Links Magazine, Inside Hockeytown, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Traverse City Record Eagle, Bermuda Royal Gazette, Automotive News, Automotive Industries, Heritage Newspapers, and in PGA TOUR, SENIOR PGA TOUR and LPGA tournament programs.

Shiels has also produced television segments for CBS Sports, WDIV, ESPN, The Golf Channel, USA Network and Britain's Sky Broadcasting.