about the author

Michael Henry Lucero, raised as a boy in the hill towns and valleys bordering Ohio's agrarian enclaves, dwells now in the sleepy expanses of Charleston, South Carolina's lowcountry. His life and mind has been from the beginning steeped in wonder, awe, and appreciation for mystery. He draws inspiration from such varied literary sources as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, Haruki Murakami, Gabriel García Márquez, Conrad Richter, Chinua Achebe, Lemony Snicket, and Eiji Yoshikawa, as well as from the folk lore and culture of traditional peoples.

Philosophically as well as stylistically, Lucero is a traditionalist, who occasionally flirts with primitivism. He is a mere Christian, who believes that mysticism and rationalism are not mutually exclusive, but that skepticism is poisonous to both. Despite the meaninglessness that inhabits modern life, Lucero sees meaning everywhere in the natural world, and takes deep pleasure in the trees, hills, grasses, flowers, waters, clouds, even weeds, that he sees around him. He prefers fresh fruit to chocolate, and camping to soft beds and hot water.

There is very little that is interesting about Michael Henry Lucero. He is quite shy, and can be hard to get to know in person, though he is perhaps too candid when communicating through the written word. He likes long walks on the beach, but prefers the mountains.