Author, screenwriter, philanthropist, journalist and broadcaster
Mitch Albom is an inspiration around the world. Albom is the author
of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, which have
collectively sold more than forty million copies in forty-eight
languages worldwide. He has written eight number-one New York Times
bestsellers - including Tuesdays with Morrie, the bestselling
memoir of all time, which topped the list for four straight years
and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2022. He has also written
award-winning TV films, stage plays, screenplays, a nationally
syndicated newspaper column, and a musical. He appeared for more
than 20 years on ESPN, and was a fixture on The Sports Reporters.
Through his work at the Detroit Free Press, he was inducted into
both the National Sports Media Association and Michigan Sports
halls of fame and was the recipient of the Red Smith Award for
lifetime achievement.
Following his bestselling memoir, Finding Chika, and Human Touch, a
weekly serial written and published online which raised nearly $1
million for pandemic relief, he returned to fiction with The
Stranger in the Lifeboat, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times
Bestsellers List after being #1 on Amazon. His much-anticipated new
novel, set during the Holocaust, is coming in the fall of 2023.
Albom now spends the majority of his time in philanthropic work.
Since 2006, he has operated nine charitable programs in southeast
Michigan under his SAY Detroit umbrella, including the nation's
first medical clinic for homeless children. He also created a
dessert shop and popcorn line to fund programs for Detroit's most
underserved citizens. Since 2010, Albom has operated the Have Faith
Haiti orphanage in Port au Prince, a home to 60 children, which he
visits every month without exception.
Albom also works as a columnist and broadcaster and has founded
nine charities in Detroit and operates an orphanage in Port Au
Prince, Haiti. He lives with his wife, Janine, in Michigan.
Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary
*Cecilia Ahern*
Powerful . . . Albom has touched the lives of a lot of people he
never even knew
*Time*
Compelling and uplifting
*Independent*
A writer with soul
*Los Angeles Times*
Albom breaks hearts with his stories
*Mirror*
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