Michael McDaeth (Mc-Day-eth) was born in Mankato, Minnesota. He grew up in northern Minnesota on a quasi-homestead with horses and a cowpoke dad. In 1987 Michael moved to Seattle and studied acting at the Northwest Actors Studio. During this period, he was also writing songs and performing them as a solo artist and in the band Weeds.

Fast forward to 2018 Michael was diagnosed with an incurable cancer called multiple myeloma. Hoping to help others going through similar circumstances He wrote a book about his experience titled Love Trust Gratitude Healing: Turning a Battle into a Dance and making Peace with Cancer where he shares how even with extreme confrontations like cancer one can experience profound spiritual and emotional healing even when one is struggling to heal physically.

Michael is also the author of two novels "Roads and Parking Lots" which is based largely on his life growing up on the homestead and generally making a poetic mess of his early adult years and "Under Protest" which is darkly comic take on his experience at the WTO protest in Seattle in 1999.

As a freelance writer Michael has published short stories, poetry, and contributed creative essays for the progressive website counterpunch.org.

McDaeth has a few dozen short films to his credit ranging from animation, stop-motion, found footage, mixed-media.