Mike Geffner
94 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, USA
Mike Geffner
is a retired 30-year professional journalist who published thousands of stories in countless major publications, including
USA Today, Details Magazine, The Sporting News, Cigar Aficionado, The Writer, NY Post's Page Six Magazine
and The
Village Voice
. He interviewed everyone from former
President Richard Nixon
to
Forest Whitaker
to
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
to
Derek Jeter
to
Sandy Koufax
to
Dennis Hopper
. His work won him several awards, including first place for profile writing by the
Society of Professional Journalists
, and he was acknowledged for excellence seven times by the annual anthology
The Best American Sports Writing
, published by
Houghton Mifflin
. He's been a private writing coach and workshop host for decades, and he is the founder of both
The Inspired Word
spoken word/poetry series (
https://InspiredWordNYC.com
,
@InspiredWordNYC
on all social media platforms) and the popular online writing discussion forum, blog and newsletter
Mike's Writing Workshop
, which ended in 2010. On August 26, 2020, he signed a deal to have one of his stories made into a feature film.
