Michael D. Graves

Michael D. Graves created the character of Pete Stone as a memorial to his grandfather. His first Pete Stone novel, To Leave a Shadow, was selected as a Kansas Notable Book. Shadow of Death and All Hallows’ Shadows are the next novels in the series. His writing has appeared in Cheap Detective Stories, Thorny Locust, Flint Hills Review, and elsewhere. Graves is also an author of Green Bike, a group novel, along with Kevin Rabas and Tracy Million Simmons. He lives with his wife in Emporia, Kansas. They are both members of the Kansas Authors Club. When life conjures its riddles, Michael turns to back roads and baseball for answers.