Born in Buffalo, New York and raised in nearby Hamburg, Michael Farrell held jobs as a paperboy, maid, landscaper, busboy, caddie, dishwasher, dining hall slag, pro shop attendant, trap boy, house painter, cashier, stock boy, salesman, fundraiser, factory worker, office drone, waiter, bartender, bouncer, Conan O'Brien intern, trivia writer, and financial advisor before having his first piece of writing published in 2002. Since then, he’s been published in The Buffalo News, Barstool Sports, Five Star Magazine, Sharon Advocate, and Buffalo Rising Online. From 2004 to 2011, he worked as a sports reporter for the Boston Herald in Boston, Mass. Today, Farrell is back in Buffalo, New York. He can be found daily on his website and blog at farrellstreet.com.