Michael Caputo is an Italian American author and the only son of the legendary comedian and actor Pat Cooper. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and has officially retired. He spends most of his spare time writing and promoting his work. He also continues to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, civil rights, and civil liberties for all men and women. Caputo’s first book, (Dear Pat Cooper: What Happened to My Father Pasquale Caputo?) was published in 2009. His book caused significant controversy within his father’s camp. Still, it was a major success, with over fifty positive reviews on Amazon. Caputo’s second book (CHAMELEON: A Memoir) was published in 2021. This memoir shows another side of the author in which he vividly describes his harrowing journey coming out of the closet and living authentically, post-Stonewall, pre-HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the years after that. In that memoir, Caputo puts the spotlight on the Christian Right for using their Bible to discriminate and relentlessly trying to derail the progress of the LGBTQ+ community. In Chameleon: A Memoir, Caputo also explores the notorious down-low subculture and elaborates on his many clandestine experiences with men on the DL. In 2024, Caputo published his third book, Never Forget What They’ve Done To Us: Counterfeit Christians 101. This work centers around religion and how that business has affected the author, the world, and humanity. The author is laser-focused on Christianity and Catholicism, mainly because that’s the faith he was born into. He is a staunch supporter of the separation of church and state and also stands with all the First Amendment Rights, which includes the Freedom of Religion. But make no mistake, the author is no fan of any religion. He strongly feels that God and religion are separate entities and that no human being should ever fuse the two, or any dictionary should ever declare them synonyms. He is honest and unapologetic about everything he writes in his book concerning people who identify as Christian or Catholic. He makes it clear in his preface and throughout his work that he does not mean all religious people are bigots and hypocrites but shows proof that most of them are. This book is a real eye-opener for all people, religious and non-religious, who have been misled and uninformed, especially in America.