Author Biography
Michael Crawford grew up in Houston when barefoot kids played outside all day and rode their bikes to the local swimming pool to cool off. After graduating in Finance from the University of Houston, Mike joined the Navy and saw the world. He soaked up the history and art of Florence and Constantinople; sailed the Straights of Messina, dreaming in the moonlight; marveled at the glow of crimson lava oozing from the maw of Mount Etna. His stint in the Navy over, Mike married and followed a commercial career -- from banking in Boston to educational publishing in Palo Alto and Chicago. His three children have gifted him with four wonderful grandsons. Mike now lives in Denton, Texas, where he writes, reads and enjoys Scottish Country Dancing. His favorite novel is George Eliot's classic, Middlemarch, and his favorite contemporary fiction is Ann Patchett's Bel Canto.
