Michael Parker is an American short story writer, novelist and journalist.

[1] He attended Appalachian State University and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with honors in Creative Writing.

Parker's short fiction has appeared in "New England Review," "The Oxford American," Five Points, Shenandoah, Carolina Quarterly, Epoch and The Georgia Review and has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize Stories and New Stories from the South.

[2] Parker's nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Runner's World, Trail Runner, Men's Journal, Gulf Coast, Our State, The Oxford American and other magazines.

[3][4] Parker taught for nearly 30 years at the MFA Creative Writing Program at UNC Greensboro, and now lives in Austin, Texas.