Mike Cavaliere is a multi-award-winning storyteller, book author and humorist.

A recovering journalist, he currently works in higher education communications in Florida.

Mike studied creative nonfiction at the University of Central Florida then wrote his first book about a group of eccentric sea turtle conservationists called the Turtle Patrol. Tracks in the Sand: Sea Turtles and Their Protectors was published by Ocean Publishing and won the Florida Press Association’s President’s Book Award Silver Medal. He also served as editor of Explore the Southeast National Marine Sanctuaries with Jean-Michele Cousteau, which won the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Ben Franklin Award, in 2011.

A former journalist, his weekly humor column, “Common Nonsense,” was syndicated in Observer newspapers throughout Florida and won multiple awards, including 1st place in the Local Media Association’s (LMA) 2013 Editorial Contest: Humor Column; 1st place in the Better Weekly Newspaper Contest: Humorous Column; 2nd place in LMA’s 2012 Editorial Contest: Humor Column; and 3rd place in LMA’s 2011 Editorial Contest: Best Feature. Mike returned to the Observer as a contributor in 2023.

He currently oversees news/media relations efforts at the world’s leading aviation and aerospace university, holds an MBA degree and lives with his wife, stepdaughter and two dogs, Winnie the Pooch and Geno.