Mick McGrath is perhaps the only Canadian who has never played hockey. When he was 18, he moved to the United States to attend Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Mich. Later, he attended graduate school at Central Michigan University, where he studied creative writing.
McGrath teaches composition at Delta College in Saginaw, Mich. He enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, and watching movies (his is a very sedentary lifestyle, though his mind gets plenty of exercise). His favorite authors are Philip Roth and Dave Eggers.