Michael O. Nowlan attended St. Thomas College High School (1951-1955) and St. Thomas University (1955-1959), graduating with a BA in Philosophy. Since then he has been a prolific writer of articles and reviews, and has published twenty books, including six volumes of poetry and several school texts. A major work was The Knights of Columbus in New Brunswick: A Century of Service (Faye, 2004). He was named a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada for his writing about stamps. A happily retired teacher, he lives in Oromocto.