About
Born in 1963, I had the great good fortune of being raised in a loving home with two wacky, wonderful parents and enough animals – mostly dogs, plus horses, chickens, ducks, salamanders, gerbils, and a goat – to fill up Noah’s ark.While my first grade teacher informed my parents that I had a reading disability (my Dad’’s famous quote: “WHAT?!”), that turned out to be a mistake on her part. The most likely explanation is that I was asleep during the test. But the upshot there is that I became an avid reader, so much so that later on in school teachers yelled at me to pry my nose out of whatever I was reading at the time (Robert Heinlein
Later, in high school, I intermittently kept a journal, and by the time I was in college I was actually dabbling with fiction writing. I regret now not having taken more English courses – creative writing, in particular – but that just wasn’t in the cards for me at the time: I was too busy learning Russian!
I also joined Army ROTC and was commissioned in the U.S. Army Reserves at the end of my sophomore year. I’d always had a keen interest in military things, which is one reason that the “combat SF” stories by authors like David Drake
After college I wound up working for “the government” doing a variety of jobs, ranging from technical reporting and analysis to management. It was there that I met the woman of my dreams (and married her!) and her two wonderful boys, who collectively make up the center of my universe.
So, there’s a little bit about my past. As for the future, I hope to keep writing! I have several book projects in the works, although between working full time, trying to promote In Her Name, and keeping up with the boys, I’m not sure when I’ll have enough time to write much!
- Michael R. Hicks
