Michael Maloney
If there's a story breaking in the soap world, Michael Maloney's usually on top of it. He wrote The Young and Restless Life of William J. Bell. He's a TCA member and has appeared on The Talk and Soap Box with Lilly & Martha yakking about the suds.
Articles byMichael Maloney
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