Michael Elias

Michael Elias was an actor with The Living Theater and the Judson Poets’ Theater. Moving to Hollywood, he worked as a screenwriter; his credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, Young Doctors in Love, and Lush Life. With Rich Eustis, he created the sitcom Head of the Class, and his play The Catskills Sonata topped the list of LA Weekly’s Ten Best Plays of 2007. His novel The Last Conquistador was published in 2013. You Can Go Home Now is his second novel.