Michael West

Michael West on the Blessing of a Good Book

Mom and Dad could read; they chose not to. They would say there was too much activity in their daily lives to allow for brief moments of pleasure lost in a book; I can’t dispute their conclusion. Sometimes all you can do is get by. Because my parents didn’t foster…

Michael WestApril 1, 2026

Miscellany Potpourri

A Storyteller’s Story: Michael West on the Roots of His Writing

I have a large family; large in the sense that I have several hundred cousins dispersed across Tennessee. My cousins can all trace their existence to the 1920 union of Jesse James Warren and Kim Davis Heath; together, they raised eleven kids who all lived long lives. One of the…

Michael WestMarch 10, 2026

Fiction Hidden Gems

A Southern Gothic Mystery That Knows What Secrets Cost

A disillusioned banker returns to his Appalachian hometown and walks straight into a family tragedy everyone refuses to name. Lost in the Holler blends Southern gothic atmosphere with a tightly wound mystery about memory, loyalty, and the price of silence.

BookTribFebruary 13, 2026

Author Spotlight

Michael West on Heritage, Identity and Finding Your Way Home in “Lost in the Holler”

In his debut novel Lost in the Holler, Michael West explores what happens when ambition pulls a man far from his roots. Set between the high-pressure world of New York business and the quiet, insular valley of Gizzard’s Holler in Appalachia, the novel follows RJ Burnette as he returns home…

BookTribFebruary 18, 2026

Michael West on the Blessing of a Good Book

A Storyteller’s Story: Michael West on the Roots of His Writing

A Southern Gothic Mystery That Knows What Secrets Cost

Michael West on Heritage, Identity and Finding Your Way Home in “Lost in the Holler”

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