Mike Kott has been writing with his daughter Krystee, and on his own, for the past ten years. On his own, Mike has written several novels. He is currently editing Lifeshift, a work of paranormal fiction, best described as action/adventure, with a dose of a love story. Concurrently, work continues on Cryptid, a follow-on novel to Piasa, and Moonglimmer, another work of Paranormal Fiction. Mike was twice chairman and also a past secretary of the Schaumburg Scribes writing group in Schaumburg, Illinois, where he lives with his assistant, a Maine Coon cat named Chessie. He also served as senior editor of the groups Chapbook in 2006, 2008 and 2009. He is a former member of the Chicago Screenwriters Network and founder of the Schaumburg Novel Writers Group. A graduate of DePaul University in Chicago and a retired computer systems analyst and Blue & Gold Officer for the United States Naval Academy in which he interviewed potential candidates for the Navy s college in Annapolis, Maryland. In addition, he is an avid model railroader. In what s left of his spare time he is an avid reader and gardener.