Michael Curtis was born and raised in Lewisburg, Tennessee. He is an airline transport pilot who is very dedicated to his job. He is also a Grandmaster of Karate and spent many hours of his young life training for it. He served his country during the Vietnam war. He has many stories related to those instances and has decided to put them into the form of a fiction book called First Elite One. With this book he hopes to inspire more people to take on new challenges and become brave, therefore becoming the best versions of themselves.

After working in the air force, he worked for the U.S. government as well as the Pentagon. He has taught people how to fly and has trained many pilots. The author is also a traveler who loves visiting different countries of the world so he can live a life enriched with many different experiences and life lessons that prove to be valuable. Michael Curtis is a strong soul who has seen and done it all.