SantaFe.com

Michael French, with his wife, Patricia, is the owner and publisher of SantaFe.com, an online city-centric portal for both visitors and locals. A graduate of Stanford University (BA in English) and Northwestern University (Masters in Journalism), he is the author of 22 books, mostly young adult and adult fiction, as well as the real estate newsletter, Santa Fe State of the Market, while president of French & French Fine Properties Inc. (now Sotheby’s International Realty). His novels, Abingdon’s and The Throwing Season, were both reviewed in The New York Times and were bestsellers. A young adult novel, Pursuit, was awarded the California Young Reader’s Medal (1983). Michael had an advertising and public relations career in New York City before moving to Santa Fe with his family in 1978. Since starting French & French Fine Properties with Patricia in 1982, he has been involved in virtually all aspects of real estate sales, marketing and development. His real estate column appears regularly in SantaFe.com.