Mike Nemeth, a Vietnam veteran and former high-tech executive, writes love stories tucked
inside murder mysteries that deliver messages about America’s social ills. The Undiscovered
Country won the Beverly Hills Book Award for Southern Fiction and the Frank Yerby Prize at
the Augusta Literary Festival. The book inspired singer/songwriter Mark Currey to compose
Who I Am. Parker’s Choice, won a Firebird Award for thrillers and American Fiction Awards for
Diverse and Multicultural Mystery, and for Romantic Mystery. Shelf Unbound magazine listed
Parker’s Choice as one of the 100 notable books of 2023 and Kirkus Reviews called it “a book
worth discovering.”
Mike’s latest novel, A Tissue of Lies, released in April, 2024, reimagines the coming-of-age story
that defines the Baby Boomer generation. The novel won first place in the Firebird Awards
competition and earned a Kirkus Reviews recommendation to “Get it!”
Mike’s articles have been published by The New York Times, Georgia Magazine, Augusta
Magazine, Southern Writers’ Magazine, Deep South Magazine, and the Writers’ Voices
anthology. Creative Loafing named him Atlanta’s Best Local Author for 2018. He lives in
suburban Atlanta with his wife, Angie, and their rescue dog, Scout.