Michael Tinker Pearce is a world-reknowned sword and knife maker, a student of Historic European Martial Arts. He is married to his co-author Linda Pearce and lives in Seattle with far too many dogs and cats. He is currently involved with the Foreworld Saga and co-wrote 'The Shield Maiden' from that series. The couple have released their first full length novel, 'Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman,' and just released a novella in the series, 'Diaries of a Dwarven Rifleman: Rear Guard' which is available on Amazon and Smashwords. They have just released their second novel, "Rage of Angels," a military Science-Fiction novel. He currently blogs at Michaeltinkerpearce.com