2023 Author Expo Author

"The Musician," published by Blue Room Books is available on Amazon and at other book retailers. Mike Shaw’s debut novel captures the character and circumstance of life as shared by musicians everywhere, from their immersion in their craft, to the joy of playing music well and with others who play it well, to the frustrations associated with committing a lifetime to such an unstructured and typically unrewarded career. Jazz Journalist Ralph Miriello calls it "true, endearing, joyful, and at times disheartening," and a "must read." Internationally renowned jazz pianist and teacher Kevin Bales calls it “some of the best writing about music and musicians."

Mike Shaw is a writer and musician. As a singer-pianist, he has been performing for more than 50 years: in nightclubs and on concert stages, as a solo artist, in small combos, for several years heading up a seven-piece New Orleans-based jazz funk band, and these days with other Atlanta-based musicians as The Mike Shaw Trio. As a writer, he counts more than 15,000 published articles, from investigative pieces adapted for 60 Minutes and ABC 20/20 features, to ghostwritten articles, white papers, and documentaries for corporate clients. Mike’s novel, "The Musician," was published in June 2021 by Atlanta-based Blue Room Books. Almost simultaneously, "Understanding Economic Equilibrium," which he co-authored with Federal Reserve Chief Economist Dr. Thomas Cunningham, was released by New York-based Business Expert Press.