Michael Golding (’90, ’93) is the author of Simple Prayers, Benjamin’s Gift, and A Poet of the Invisible World, which was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award and was the recipient of the 2016 Ferro-Grumley Award. His novels have been translated into ten foreign languages. He is also a screenwriter, whose works include the adaptation of Alessandro Baricco’s Silk. As an actor, Michael has performed in numerous plays and musicals, including twenty-one productions of Shakespeare.