Michael LoMonico shows his passion for all literature, especially Shakespeare, by writing, speaking, and leading workshops in 40 states as well as in Canada, England, and the Bahamas.

Until 2019, Michael was the Senior Consultant on National Education for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. Since 1986, he had worked at the Teaching Shakespeare Institute at the Folger as an institute director and master teacher. He organized and directed two-day and week-long Folger Institutes across the U.S.  He also served as Secretary for the Shakespeare Theater Association. 

Michael is the author of a novel, That Shakespeare Kid  and the reference book, Shakespeare 101, published by Random House. He recently published the Second Edition of The Shakespeare Book of Lists.  He was the founder and editor of Shakespeare magazine, published by Cambridge University Press and Georgetown University. He was an assistant to the editor for the curriculum section of all three volumes of the Folger’s Shakespeare Set Free series, published by Washington Square Press. He was also the technical editor to The Complete Idiots Guide to Shakespeare.

He was the guest editor for September 2009 "Teaching Shakespeare" edition of the English Journal and was also the guest editor for the CEA Critic, a publication of the College English Association.

He was on the Board of Trustees of The Arabian Shakespeare Festival and is currently on the Board of The Saratoga Shakespeare Company. 

Michael taught high school English on Long Island for 33 years and English Methods and Adolescent Literature at Stony Brook University. 

He is working on a novel based on his father's 1933 Diary about his CCC Adventure.