Michael Wendroff has an MBA in marketing from NYU, and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. His MBA thesis was on "Marketing in the publishing industry," and was excerpted in the industry trade journal, "Publisher's Weekly," so he actually got paid to write his thesis!
His career has been in marketing, and it was the Covid pandemic that gave him the time to write his thriller. The impetus for the story was what his mother said to him the moment he was born: “Oh! How nice to see you, Again.”
He grew up in a publishing/author milieu, as his mother was an editor at NYC publishing houses (watching his mother scribbling in red ink on manuscript pages at home on weekends prepared him for his own editor's comments!). Plus she remarried a literary agent, Henry Morrison, so Michael was friendly with many authors (Dean Koontz, Lawrence Block, Joseph Finder, Eric Van Lustbader, etc), and even spent a vacation with Robert Ludlum. Watching Ludlum hand-write his 450 page novels on yellow legal pads didn't dissuade Michael from trying to write a novel (though he's thankful for his PC).
Michael's debut novel, What Goes Around, was launched in the USA, UK, and Australia in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook, and now in trade paperback. Foreign language rights have been sold in Italian, Japanese, and Hungarian. Based on excellent sales and reviews, his publisher, Bloomsbury/Head of Zeus, has given him a contract for a second novel.
Fun fact: Michael's great-grandfather was brought over by Thomas Edison from the University of Copenhagen to work with him in his New Jersey labs. He holds a number of patents, including for plastic buttons (he became known around town as "The Button King"). Michael proudly wears button- down shirts whenever he can.

“A spirited combination of romance, police work, and murder...the suspense level is high...engaging...timely narrative.”
– Kirkus Reviews