Mike Albo

His novella, "The Junket",[4] was released as an Amazon Kindle single in September 2011 and remained as one of the top sellers for over 100 days.

[5] In 2014, in collaboration with the writer and actress Amanda Duarte, Albo wrote the satirical "Hurt Locker Playbill", which appears on the floor of the Belasco Theater as a part of the Hedwig and the Angry Inch Broadway show.

[6] Albo's fiction and essays have appeared in many anthologies, including The Worst Noel,[7] Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys,[8] The Revolution Will Be Accessorized,[9] The Time of My Life: Writers on the Heartbreak, Hormones and Debauchery of the Prom,[10] Sex Drugs and Gefilte Fish The Heeb Storytelling Collection,[11] Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped and Canceled,[12] Disquiet, Please!

More Humor Writing from The New Yorker,[13] Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade[14] and The Show I'll Never Forget.

[21]  Albo also performs as a part of the comedy trio UNITARD,[22] and as a character known as The Underminer on stage and online videos.

[26] Also in 2014 he was the host and interviewer for the 2014 PEN World Voices Literary Festival's late night Obsession Series.

[27] Albo is a founding member of the downtown New York City dance troupe, the Dazzle Dancers.

The New York Times stated, "Mr. Albo, a skillful performer and comedian as well as a keen journo-observer, has a way with words and line delivery.

He also had the lead role in the 2001 film short "Jeffrey's Hollywood Screen Trick", produced and directed by Downing.