Michael Wolfe is the author of books of poetry, fiction, travel and history. His most recent works are a pair of books from Grove Press on the pilgrimage to Mecca: "The Hadj," a first-person travel account and "One Thousand Roads to Mecca," an anthology of 10 centuries of travelers writing about the Muslim pilgrimage. In 1997, Wolfe hosted a televised account of the "Hadj from Mecca" for "Nightline "on ABC. He is currently at work on a four-hour television documentary on the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad. He lives in California.