Mike Harvkey is author of the novel IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS (Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press; 2014). Most recently he handled the research and reporting for #1 bestelling author James Patterson and Alex Abramovich (BULLIES: A Friendship) for the January 2018 true-crime book ALL-AMERICAN MURDER, about convicted killer and New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez.

Mike's writing has appeared in Esquire, Poets & Writers, Salon, The Believer, Zoetrope All-Story Magazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, Nylon, Trunk, Four&Sons, Publishers Weekly and elsewhere. The recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Columbia University, Mike teaches in the MFA program at Columbia.

Books by Mike Harvkey

All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row

by James Patterson and Alex Abramovich, with Mike Harvkey - Nonfiction, True Crime

He was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later a Super Bowl veteran. He was a star tight end on the league-dominant New England Patriots, who extended his contract for a record $40 million. Aaron Hernandez's every move as a professional athlete played out in the headlines, yet he led a secret life --- one that ended in a maximum security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast? ALL-AMERICAN MURDER is the first book to investigate --- from the unique vantage point of thriller writer James Patterson --- Hernandez's first-degree murder conviction and the mystery of his own untimely and shocking death.