DESCRIPTION : Michael Scott Moore is known as a literary journalist and a novelist. His travel book was named the best book of 2010 by The Economist and PopMatters. While he was on a reporting trip to Somalia, he was held hostage for two and a half years. His website "radio free mike" was in dark all the while he was held hostage, but now the site is live again! The website is made with a sly reference to Radio Free Europe.