After writing 10 books in three genres–contemporary fiction, self-help, and humor, plus an exciting TV drama series with a playwright associate, Michael Sisti stepped back to assess his body of written work. In conversations with readers, editors, publishers, and consultants, plus input from his artificial intelligence resource, a few conclusions were reached:

–Mike is an excellent storyteller with a vast store of experience and imagination.

­ –His writing style is very similar to that of John Grisham, Jeffrey archer and a few other successful authors.

–After writing several books in three genres, none of these books were ready for publication due to lack of editing.

–At this pivotal point, he received terrible advice from an unqualified consultant to go ahead and publish them without editing, claiming he had a ‘wonderful voice’.

–Until 2024, he had been unable to connect with an editor who was aligned with his thinking and his thought process or shared his chemistry for writing.

At the beginning of August 2024, Mike became Andrew Parker’s first and only author client. Andrew’s credentials consisted of having written a couple of books, and he had been tutored by a highly regarded editor. The bond was instant as the two men began to work together on Executive Roadkill. The rewritten, edited version with a new cover was published in the fall of 2024 and quickly won the International Firebird Award, while it garnered 5-star reviews.

Next came The Gatekeeper using the same process. It was published at the end of February 2025 with excellent advance endorsements. Executive Boneyard is next on the list to be polished into a winning novel. As this collaborative work product becomes known to the reading public, success is bound to follow.

Mike’s career has also included extensive writing in the advertising business going back to his days in the Mad Men era. He has written copy for ads, brochures, press releases, newspaper and magazine stories, an online humor column, and more. Throughout his life, Mike has focused on having fun and uncovering unexpected humor in the events that surround us all. This mindset sharpens his creative skills and adds to his sense of humor, all of which provide the basis for his writing and his public speaking.

 As a serial entrepreneur, Mike got an early start, launching his first business venture at age 11, selling illegal fireworks in Brooklyn. (Please don’t turn him in.) At 19, he began his career in earnest establishing a printing business in Rockland County, NY. He followed with sales positions for various printing companies, and founding short-lived businesses, including a printing brokerage and a graphic design firm.

In each of these succeeding endeavors, Mike learned from his painful failures and applied more of his strategic thinking, writing skills, and design concepts to his service offerings. These abilities led to his launch of Image Concepts, a small advertising and sales promotion agency that grew to be one of the 50 largest agencies in New Jersey.

Later, a consulting project for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island led to a full-time position as Chief Communications Officer. It was his first experience working in a corporate bureaucracy. Following that six-year tenure, Mike and his wife, Sara relocated to Sarasota, FL, where he launched 12 companies and was a founding member of The Trusted Advisors, a consulting group for entrepreneurial companies.

As an experienced speaker, Mike has made hundreds of appearances in public and private settings. A former Toastmaster, and media-trained presenter, he has done countless press conferences, business seminars, and speeches, plus guest lectures at schools and universities. Each new business and residence along the way has provided countless adventures that contribute to his written and lecture content.

 Enjoying the lifestyle in Sarasota, FL, Mike and his wife, Sara spend time with their large extended family which includes six adult children and spouses, twelve grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and countless cousins, nieces, and nephews, plus great- and great-great-nieces and nephews. With a family this size and all their friends, Mike loves to cook for them, creating his own recipes. Contact him, as he’s delighted to share his creative cooking ideas.