Michael Burns Haggerty

Michael Burns Haggerty is an novelist and short story writer who currently lives with his wife in downtown Buffalo, NY and in Wilson, NY located on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Mr. Haggerty's latest collection of stories, "We Ain't Just About Chicken Wings" (2025) are filled with humorous, gritty, tender, and surprising stories that illustrate a deep and unflinching understanding of the strong willed and often vulnerable characters who are living or have lived their lives in Buffalo and Western New York.

“Sweet Cheeks and More Stories from the Nickel City” (2017) is a collection of comically dark and frighteningly real stories that present the hard-hitting, determined, and flawed characters that live and die in Buffalo and Western New York.

“The Road is Open” (2015). Set in 1978, it is the story of two longtime friends from Buffalo, NY who engage in a cross-country hitch-hiking adventure looking for a brother who mysteriously disappeared a few years earlier. Along the way they encounter extraordinary landscapes and meet a series of remarkable characters who represent a truthful, gritty and heart-warming portrait of America.