Mike Consol is the producer and host of Novelist Spotlight, a video/podcast that interviews published fiction writers to gather their insights, writing techniques and advice — and get up to speed on their latest piece of work. Consol is author of “Hardwood: A Novel about College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play,” as well as three unpublished novels title, "Family Recipes: A Novel about Italian Food, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century," "Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel," and "Love American Style: Seventeen Stories about Men, Women and their Encounters." Write him at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. Consol is also editor of Real Assets Adviser, one of seven titles published by Institutional Real Estate, Inc. He is a native of upstate New York, earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University.