Michael J. Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan is an American author of epic/high fantasy and science fiction novels. He is best known for his Riyria series. Michael began writing in 1979 and continued until 1994, to no success whatsoever. He decided to quit writing, which lasted eight years and he finally had to get his ideas onto paper once again. His only condition was that he wouldn’t even try to get published. The idea was to just write for friends and family, but his wife Robin convinced him to get published.