Mike Haszto is a native of Islip, New York who has resided in North Ridgeville, Ohio since 1998. While not writing novels or poetry, Mike enjoys participating in the sports of hockey and soccer while just finishing his 21st year of coaching youth/high school hockey.A Parrothead disciple, Mike enjoys the "escapism" type of lifestyle and yearns for that beach house in the Keys...His philosophy is borrowed from a poem he wrote in 2010 that is published in the book "A Warm Breeze While Under Palm Trees" describing the live life to the fullest topic: Life is Live...Gotta Live It!