About the Author

Michael Meyerhofer grew up in Iowa where he learned the value of reading pulp novels, lifting weights, and not getting his hopes up. He attended the University of Iowa before receiving his M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He currently lives in Indiana where he teaches poetry, collects medieval weapons, and stays up late, writing politically charged letters to the editor. He also just recently published Wytchfire, a literary fantasy novel and (hopefully) the first in a series. Michael Meyerhofer's third book, Damnatio Memoriae, won the Brick Road Poetry Book Contest. His previous books are Blue Collar Eulogies (Steel Toe Books) and Leaving Iowa (winner of the Liam Rector First Book Award). He has also won five chapbook prizes. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, North American Review, Arts & Letters, River Styx, Quick Fiction and other journals, and can be read online at www.troublewithhammers.com.