About

Michael McKinley is the co-founder and CEO of BookGo, YourBook, and YourFlick. His most recent projects are Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell, for which he was co-creator and co-executive producer of the three-part series for NBC Peacock, and SKY UK, June 2021; Let’s Do A Miracle, a feature documentary created with Elissa Montanti, Alice Barrett Mitchell, and Nancy Bell which McKinley wrote, directed and produced and which premiered at the Big Apple Film festival in New York City in May 2024; Etched in Ice: The Story of Willie O’Ree, a feature film in development with Night Fox Entertainment; Lincoln’s Law, a TV drama series, created with Mark Hoeger for Night Fox Entertainment; Dead Right, a TV drama series, with Night Fox Entertainment; Hot Springs, a TV series; The Singing Coach, a TV reality series in development, created with Julia Amisano.

 

He was also Co-Executive Producer of the one-hour TV documentary Engraved on a Nation: Man versus Machine (TSN, February 2019). He created, co-wrote and produced The Two Marys for CNN, winner of the Gracie Award for Best Hour-long Documentary aired in the US; wrote the dramatic sections of the “Solar Storm” and “Ice Storm” episodes of Perfect Disasters, Discovery Channel; wrote the dramatic sections of “Lost in the Snow” for “I Shouldn’t Be Alive”, Discovery Channel; created, co-wrote and produced The Mystery of Jesus for CNN; created and co-produced After Jesus, for CNN; created and co-produced The Jesus Strand, a feature documentary, History TV, 2017; created and co-produced the twelve-part series Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery (CNN).

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As an author, he has written more than a dozen books, many of them sharing his love for his native country Canada’s national sport, hockey, including Willie: The Game Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. His first novel, the hockey-inspired murder mystery, The Penalty Killing, was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award for best debut crime novel. Michael lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter who are also bookworms.

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