Michael J. Bowler is an award-winning author of middle grade and young adult novels and feature-length screenplays who grew up in Northern California. He taught high school, in both general education and to students with disabilities. He’s also made low-budget horror films, written stage plays, and coached strength training to high school and middle school youth. He’s been a youth mentor with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, spent decades mentoring youth within the juvenile justice system in California, and adopted a child from foster care in 2017. You can find him on Facebook, Instagram, X, Pinterest. He has public speaking experience, which can be found on his YouTube channel.