MICHAEL E PETRIE is a surfer, ocean sailor, horseman, musician, and former rodeo cowboy turned attorney and award-winning writer.
His work has appeared in numerous publications and he is a frequent contributor to SAIL - World's Leading Sailing Magazine. He was selected most promising new author by South Bay Writers Guild, has won two Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Writing awards, Texas Bar Journal fiction writing contest, National Legal Fiction Writing Competition award, and voted Best New Fiction Author at La Jolla Writers Seminar at La Jolla, California.
He is the author of the psychological legal-thrillers YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRUST and THIS GUY'S THE LIMIT, inspired by real-life experiences as a lawyer over a 30-year career span. He lives with his wife, children, dogs, and horses in California.
Videos of his ocean-crossing sailing adventures and samples of his music can be found on YouTube at Michael E Petrie.