Michael LoMonico returned to his Italian-American roots to write Brooklyn to Yellowstone: A 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Odyssey, a blend of memoir and historical fiction that brings to life the transformative journey of his 19-year-old father during the Great Depression. Drawing from the personal notebook his father kept while serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), LoMonico reconstructed a narrative that intertwines authentic journal entries with imagined experiences, offering readers an intimate glimpse into a young man's coming-of-age amidst one of America's most challenging eras.

Michael has shown 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, he served as 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.

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 Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare.

Michael taught English Methods and Adolescent Literature at Stony Brook University. Previously, he taught high school English on Long Island.