Mike Torreano is a multiple award-winning author of historical fiction and traditional western mysteries set primarily in the Colorado and New Mexico Territories. In the fifth grade he read his first Zane Grey novel and has been hooked on the Old West ever since.
His debut western mystery, The Reckoning, was released in 2016 by The Wild Rose Press and the sequel, The Renewal, was released in 2018. Both are set in South Park, just west of the front range. He’s just released the third in the South Park series, The Return.
An interest in the Goodnight-Loving cattle trail inspired his first stand-alone western, A Score To Settle, which was set on that trail and came out in 2020.
A friend’s suggestion prompted Mike to write a second stand-alone western mystery, White Sands Gold, which was released by The Wild Rose Press in September 2022. It has received five literary awards.
His first historical novel, Fireflies at Dusk, is a multiple award-winning, coming-of-age tale about a young man torn between his pacifist family and his urge to fight against slavery as the Civil War breaks out.
Mike is a trustee of the Western Museum of Mining and Industry and belongs to several western organizations. He also speaks at clubs and organizations about the timeless values of the Old West and The Code of the West, and how those values are still relevant today.
He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Anne.