About

Michael “Doc” McCoy was born in San Rafael, California, on October 9, 1955. He lived in Marin County until his family moved to Sonoma Valley in 1963. Following his graduation from high school in Sonoma in 1973, Michael attended college at Santa Rosa Junior College and California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Following college, Michael enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Independence (CV-62).

Doc began his writing career with short stories and magazine feature articles in the 1980s. When he took his broadcasting job in 1993, he also started writing radio commercials, voice overs, and news copy. In 2007, he began began writing the biography of his mother and her family’s experience in a Japanese prison camp during WWII, and completed the manuscript after his trip to the Philippines in 2008. His highly praised book, “Through My Mother’s Eyes,” was published by Strategic Book Publishing in New York in September of 2008.

Besides writing, Doc has had a very diversified mixture of interests, including performing stand-up comedy in clubs in San Francisco and Marin, competing in the professional rodeo circuit, performing as a close-up magician, and piloting hot air balloons and fixed wing aircraft.

Doc lives in Sonoma County with his wife, Angela, and their two cats. His son, Thomas, lives in Las Vegas.