About The Author

About the author

Michael Mathison, a Piscean and a Dragon. Sensitive and empathic.

According to his mother, he was reading cereal boxes at the age of 3.
He loved reading fiction and comic books, taking adventures to
imaginary lands. His love for reading evolved into a love for writing.
When he was 10 years old a relative requested he write a short poem
to be a display for pickled eggs at a local drive-in.
When he was 15 his writing exploded as he attempted to make sense
of the world around him, and his relationship to it, and others. He
wrote poems when he encountered beauty or sadness.  He wrote
prose when he desired to understand motive or situation.
In high school, he joined the Drama club, and took drama as one of
his classes. As he told others, “I took Drama because I wanted to
understand psychology, but did not want to learn the technical terms.”
Michael entered his poems for consideration in each years yearbook.
In 1978 his poem, Keep the Rumour Goin’ was published.
In 1982 Michael started a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama at the
University of Calgary. Graduating in 1988.
During his time at University, Michael finished his last Mitchell J.
Moritz story, and continued his free form style of writing. Ending
with the poem

Michael moved to Oregon to live in the high desert with his new
wife. 6 ½ years later, divorced, he returned home to Calgary.

 His desire to finally publish his poems and short stories came from
the grandchildren of his 2nd wife.  Michael brought his poems out
from storage for them to read. He discovered his words still spoke
to him, and his grandchildren.

I treasured those lunch hours, sitting in the drama room, reading
my latest pages to my friends gathered around. I loved when I would
reach the last page, and have them ask, “What happens next?”. I fed
off of their interactions, their feedback on how a poem made them
feel, or how a story excited them.

It is my desire to share that awe with you.