M A Richter

I have been a lifelong, avid fan of mythology, science fiction and fantasy stories.

From reading Aesop's Fables, a picture-book encyclopedia and many How-And-Why wonder books, I moved on to studying the great Edith Hamilton's Mythology, which I read multiple times. I followed this with reading the Narnia series numerous times until I found my true love of fantasy – The Lord of the Rings.

While still in high school, I ghost-wrote what might have come to be known as the Encyclopedia Hobbitannica had the latter not been published first. I began writing full-length novels in high school.

During my time in the Navy, I discovered the adventures of fantasy role-playing in the game Empire of the Petal Throne. I was enamored with the idea of creating worlds filled with different life-forms, societal structures and a wide variety of professional guilds.

I am a Distinguished Toastmaster, past president of a Toastmasters club, past president of my church, and a member in good standing of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild, Publishers and Writers of San Diego and the Independent Book Publishers Association.