Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom is an American author who began as a sports journalist and later turned to inspirational fiction and memoir, with Tuesdays with Morrie as an early landmark. He has also worked as a talk show host and philanthropist, and his fiction includes The Five People You Meet in Heaven, For One More Day, and The Time Keeper. Albom's books are reported to have sold 40 million copies worldwide.