about

Professionally I’m a financial technology manager for the banking industry—an IT guy. But I also like to write nonfiction on a range of topics. 

I was born in 1962 in the United States, in the southern part of Illinois, just outside of East St. Louis. I spent my teen years in Maryland. As an adult I lived for many years in the northern part of Illinois, in and around Chicago. In 2005 I moved to North Carolina. 

I was educated at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland (1980), Northwestern University (Communications 1986), DePaul University (Information Systems 1993), and the University of Chicago (MBA 1998). 

Today I live in the small town of Carrboro with my wife, the artist Becky Broun. 

You can reach me at michaeldurbin919@gmail.com

February 2026