Michael Tyler

Michael Tyler is the author of the award-winning children's book The Skin You Live In, (Mom's Choice Award, Carl Sandburg Honoree, Essence Magazine Best Pick for gifts). He has two other titles, Water for The Soul and Sow the Seeds, a lesson journal and poetry collection written to reconnect with a son he was estranged from by divorce. He is currently the Chief Creative Officer for Ubica Strategy, a leadership development firm, and is a member of the Illinois Center for the Book. He is a cancer survivor with a passion for writing; a love for jazz; an aptitude for politics and a Willie Wonka dream to bake a cookie for everyone in the world. "Tyler", as most people know him, lives in Chicago with his happy-ever-after, Alicia.