1. Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir about the time Mitch Albom spent with his favorite college professor
The memoir was written to help pay Morrie’s medical bills

2. Mitch Albom Born May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey
Is a best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster and musician
Books have sold over 26 million copies

3. More About Mitch Albom
Attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts to earn a BS in Sociology
Attended graduate school earning a MS in Journalism from Colombia University’s Graduate School of Journalism
Also earned a MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business

4. Mitch Albom the Columnist
Freelance writer for such publications as Sports Illustrated and The Philadelphia Inquirer
1983: full-time feature writer for The Fort Lauderdale News Sun Sentinel
1985: hired as lead sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press

5. Recognition as a Columnist
Named “Best Sports Columnist” in the nation 13 times by the Associated Press Sports Editors
Won “Best Feature” writing honors 7 times by the Associated Press Sports Editors; no other writer has received this award more than once
Has won more than 200 other writing honors from other organizations

6. Mitch Albom’s Charity Work
Established “The Dream Fund” in 1989 to provide scholarships for disadvantage students to study the arts
Established “A Time to Help” a volunteer group to help serve and improve the Detroit community in 1998
Established the “S.A.Y. Detroit” a program that funds shelters and cares for the homeless in 2006

7. Tuesdays with Morrie Published in 1997
Came about after viewing Morrie’s interview with Ted Koppel
On the NY Times bestseller list for 205 weeks; #1 memoir
Sold over 14 million copies; translated into 41 languages

8. Other Works by Mitch Albom
The Five People You Meet in Heaven was published in and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide
For One More Day was published in 2006
Have a Little Faith was published in 2009
Bo: Life, Laughs and the Lessons of a College Football Legend (1989)
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream (1994)

9. Let’s get ready to be inspired by Morrie Schwartz