Mitch Albom is the author of the international bestsellers For One More Day, The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie, as well as six other books. Albom’s writing gets to the very core of family life: exploring love, loss and regret. His stories have warmed the hearts of millions of devoted readers worldwide, making him a household name. His first novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, is the most successful U.S. hardback first novel ever and has to date sold over 8 million copies worldwide. Tuesdays With Morrie, his chronicle of time spent with a beloved but dying college professor, spent four years on the New York Times bestsellers list and is now the most successful memoir ever published. Both books were eventually turned into celebrated TV films. The critically acclaimed Five People You Meet in Heaven aired on ABC in winter, 2004. Oprah Winfrey produced the film version of Tuesdays With Morrie in December 1999; starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. The film garnered four Emmy awards, including best TV film, director, actor and supporting actor.
Albom also writes screenplays and stage plays. He serves on numerous charitable boards and has funded three charities in the Detroit area. He raises money for literacy projects through a variety of means including his performances with The Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of writers which includes Steven King, Dave Barry, Scott Turrow, Amy Tan and Ridley Pearson. He writes for the Detroit Free Press and has been voted America’s No. 1 sports columnist ten times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. A former professional musician, he hosts a daily radio show on WJR in Detroit. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.