The author

Michael D. Lynes

Michael D. Lynes writes the way he builds things: from the root, not from the catalog of tropes. The Blood Series follows Devcalion — son of Prometheus, master thief, keeper of a talking sword called Betrayer — through a war the gods would rather outsource. Readers’ Favorite called it gripping fantasy with the bones of Greek myth. It has taken a Silver Medal, an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion, a New Apple Solo, and an IAN Book of the Year Fantasy selection.

The memoir There Is a Reaper: Losing a Child to Cancer is the other pillar. Christopher Aaron was five when the fight began. The book is the family’s account — raw, faithful, and widely read. Indie B.R.A.G. Gold Medallion. Readers’ Favorite Silver. TISBA Winner. New Apple Medalist. Amazon readers still say the same thing: keep the tissues close.

Around those two rooms sit the rest of the house: AngelStories, the Dead Cold / November Tales ghost shelf, contributions to the Ghostly Rites anthologies, science-fiction shorts, The Fat Man Gets Out of Bed (New Apple Solo Medalist, 2017), and the Cozy Crystal mysteries — Maggie and Mike Hartstone, a gem shop, a resort town, and a body.

By day he leads firmware for high-precision laboratory instruments. Stevens Institute of Technology, BSEE. Married to Margaret since 1983. Four sons. Three grandchildren. They live on wooded acreage in Sussex County, New Jersey, near High Point, and co-host Soul of the Everyman — hundreds of unedited weekly conversations. Off the clock: bread, the woodstove, old cars, birds, and Tolkien read the long way.