Michael Brooklyn was born in New York on Thanksgiving Day of 1980. Since that time, his family moved to Florida, and then to their current residence in New Jersey. It was there he graduated from East Brunswick High School, where he received the Silver Honor Roll on five occasions and was honored with the Presidential Award for Educational Excellence. The most memorable course he attended was Film Appreciation, which motivated him to become involved in the entertainment industry. Along Route 18 is his first professional screenplay, and is loosely based on his friends and the area where they live.