Michelle Hairmoff is an essayist and journalist. Her novel, These Days Are Ours, was published by Grand Central in 2012, and her guide book, Secret New York: Exploring the City's Hidden Neighborhoods, was published by Interlink Books in 2007. She also wrote about gender matters and feminism, among other topics, in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Huffington Post and on her blog, Genfem.com. Michelle Hairmoff passed away on June 24, 2019 from liver cancer.