His specialty is addiction medicine. He says he wrote this story as an answer to his own grief after the death of his beloved wife, Gena "Penny" Browder Gordon, in 1992. The story deals with issues of grief and loss, addiction recovery, and spirituality, and would appeal to anyone with such an interest, as well as to anyone who enjoys a good story. It would especially appeal to cat lovers, as it is almost as much about cats as it is about people. Mike has been happily remarried since 1995 to Judy Linton Gordon. They live in Marietta with their 3 cats, Jackson, Shayna Maidel, and Ladybug2.