Michael Genelin (born January 6, 1950) is an American author and former Los Angeles Head Deputy District Attorney in the Hardcore Gang Division.

[2] Genelin has been involved around the world in penal code reform, anti-corruption reform in government, including legislative drafting, ethics establishment and training, freedom of information laws, witness protection practices, trial advocacy, investigation and trial of cases, particularly homicides, judicial procedures, reform and creation of evidence procedures, human resources, all aspects of training, including anti-corruption investigation and prosecution and the general operations of law enforcement/prosecution/criminal court programs, investigative journalism training, and interactive governmental communications.

Michael Genelin was born in Bronx, New York, and raised in Queens where he attended PS 36 and Newtown High School.

Upon leaving the District Attorney's office, Genelin began work as an international consultant in government reform, working under the aegis of the American Bar Association, the US State Department and the US Agency for International Development, focusing on specific legal issues, primarily as an anti-corruption expert.

[9] Genelin had his script "Thin Ice" optioned by Stanley Chase Productions / Paramount Pictures.