Michael J. Bode a writer in the deep south who always loved to tell stories as long as he can remember. Bode grew up in Indiana, surrounded by woods and horses. He got his degree in sociology from Indiana University and somehow ended up in business intelligence and text analytics. Bode recently quit a  very lucrative job to write fantasy books full-time because he wanted to tell stories with LGBT characters that could also appeal to a wider audience. Bode's work features rich  worlds and interesting characters whose conflicts are as much internal as they are external.