Author Michael P Amram acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota- Duluth in 1989. Since graduating he has been writing fiction, poetry and non-fiction. He has self-published three collections of poetry and two novels of historically-based fiction. Amram has taken classes at the Loft and meets with the writer’s group Open Voices. In 2015 he was among the poets who read at the Loft’s dedication as an International Peace site. Much of his published and unpublished work can be found at www.michaelpaulamram.weebly.com. He and his wife live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.