Michael S. Ledwidge is an American author from the Bronx, New York. He is the son of Irish parents and was born and raised in the Bronx. A graduate of Manhattan College, Ledwidge is married and has two children.

He has written several novels and is best known for his numerous collaborations with the best-selling American author James Patterson. As the co-author of a series of some of Patterson’s most profitable books to date, Ledwidge has risen from an admired but, it’s fair to say, mostly unread author, to co-writing some of the most widely read books in the world. He has made real money doing it, too, enough to change his life completely.