Hello! Thank you for visiting my website.

My name is Mike Flowers and I write children’s literature. I became interested in it through a combination of Reading Rainbow, hip-hop, and comic books. I’m a literacy program coordinator, so I believe reading is some of the best fun you can have. I hope that comes through in my stories! I write picture books, poems, and middle grade.

I’m originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, but now live with my wife, daughter, and two cats in Marco Island, Florida. I have a Bachelors degree in Communication from Michigan State University and a Masters in Teaching with a concentration in social studies from the University of Southern California.

I’ve been published in The Dirigible Balloon, will soon be published in Highlights High Five, and have placed and/or earned honorable mentions in Susanna Hill’s Annual Holiday Writing Contest, The Valentiny Contest, 50 Precious Words, and PB Party. I’ve also won a few rounds of Madness Poetry. I’m a member of SCBWI, 12x12 Challenge, and three awesome critique groups. I’ve taken Susanna Hill’s Making Picture Book Magic Course and Renee La Tulippe’s Lyrical Language Lab.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my site. I invite you to stay and look around!

Mike Flowers OAQs (Occasionally Asked Questions):

  1. What’s your favorite book? The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

  2. What’s your favorite video game? The Legend of Zelda.

  3. You enjoy playing basketball, why aren’t you better at it? That’s a hurtful question, but the truth is, I haven’t practiced enough. And besides, it’s just fun to get out there!

  4. Why aren’t you better at pickleball? I haven’t played it…yet.

  5. What time is it right now? It’s 2:15 pm, but that’s likely to change soon.

  6. Would you rather have a pet Tyrannosaurus rex, or a pet Sabre-toothed Tiger? That’s easy, a pet goldfish.

  7. What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? Raspberry sherbet.

  8. Why did you answer “raspberry sherbet” for the previous question when you know full well that sherbet and ice cream are not the same thing?

    I sometimes like to put silly answers in OAQs.

  9. Would you rather have a spaceship, or a time machine? Time machine because I could travel to the past, be the first to discover gold, then take all that gold to the future where I could buy a spaceship and have both.

  10. Will you be super disappointed if you get to that spaceship dealership in the future and they don’t let you buy a spaceship because you don’t have a valid spaceship license? Yes.