Michael Horton is an Alaskan author of books, novellas, and screenplays on fantasy, science fiction, apocalyptic, historical, nonfiction, and humorous topics.

Michael has worked within Alaska and the Northwest as a behavioral health director, a mental health clinician and substance abuse counselor, and a grants writer who has been serving indigenous peoples throughout many regions of the 49th State for most of thirty-five years. He has helped people heal from all kinds of human experiences primarily within indigenous communities, bush villages, and rural towns.

For those thirty-five years, he counts himself fortunate to remain married to his wife and first editor, Sheila. They have three strong-minded children, Sarah, Samuel, and Tobias, and, in recent years, have welcomed seven rambunctious and curious grandkids into this world.