Brief Author Bio:

Michael Van Kerckhove is a native of Detroit. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & English from Western Michigan University in 1997. He lived in Chicago from 1998-2006 where he was a Network Playwright with Chicago Dramatists. He presented his solo performance work with NewTown Writers and Blue Moon Studio Theater. He has been published in NewTown Writers’ print and online anthologies. From 2001-2006, he was the “Chicago Scene” columnist for On The Purple Circuit, a Los Angeles-based glbt theatre site.

In 2006, he moved to South Bend, Indiana with his partner, Theatre Professional, Ernie Nolan, now a professor of theatre at Indiana University South Bend. Michael directed the Fall 2006 IUSB Theatre production of With There Eyes, and serves as adjunct Theatre faculty teaching Intro to Theatre. He has a year of grad work under his belt in the Master of Arts in English program at Indiana University South Bend where he did a lot of creative writing and read some novels from centuries past, some of which were quite enjoyable--and some of which were just, not.