Gary Michael grew up in Cleveland Ohio and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Business Administration at Michigan State University. He worked for Congress at the United States Government Accountability Office for five years while achieving his Certified Public Accountant accreditation in Virginia. After teaching accounting at the University of Vermont for nineteen years as an Associate Professor he worked in public accounting. Gary Michael lectured to over 10,000 students and they can attest that he is a natural storyteller as he included a few stories to help his students absorb the covered material. He wrote The Second First Man and then revised it and published The Second First Man Savior of Civilization. Recently with his co-author son, Marvin Michael, they made use of this storyline to create a different book including modern innovation and extraterrestrial life on a planet far away.