I hoboed through the Mojave Desert when I was 18. I gradually learned to lose my lingering anger, loneliness, and abandonment. I slowly learned adult levels of responsibility and took pleasure in working my way up to the snowcapped mountains of Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada. Along the way, I started writing historical fiction, non-fiction and uplifting fantasy. I am an ordinary guy that has lived through some extraordinary adventures, living quietly with the treasure of my life, Madeline .------Michael.