Wm. Michael Mott is a writer, artist and educator who has multiple books and many magazine features in print or electronic book form, as well as contributions to both fiction and non-fiction anthologies. He's written about paranormal phenomena; comparative myth, religion and folklore; UFOs; cryptozoology; pulp, adventure, science fiction and fantasy fiction; and art and education topics. He's been a guest on in excess of 40 national and internationally-syndicated radio programs, and he was one of the co-hosts at UNRAVELING THE SECRETS, and THE OUTER EDGE, two internet radio programs that were on the PSN Radio Network. Recently he was also a guest on the 7th season of the television show Ancient Aliens, and on the Open Minds television program on GAIA TV in January of 2016, and on Ancient Civilizations, in 2017.He's also been Creative Director for a national toy and manufacturing company, a software company, the Art Director for a city newspaper, has worked as an artist/designer for Fortune 500 companies, an NSF Engineering Research Center, and for a variety of clients such as book and magazine publishers. He's also a freelance artist and writer, and writes both fiction and non-fiction. His work has appeared or been featured in many publications, such as Computer Graphics World Magazine, Computer Artist, IEEE Computer, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Syllabus Magazine, PHOTO-Electronic Imaging, DRAGON Magazine, FATE, NEXUS, World Explorer, and others. He's created artwork and graphics for book covers, posters, brochures, packaging, CD-ROM covers and art collections, digital and web-based media, and has won several design awards, from Addy and other awards, to awards for web site graphics and design. His artwork has been featured in various art shows, several one-man exhibits, and digital galleries in various venues. In addition to illustration work and writing, he crafts hand-made shillelaghs and walking-sticks, upon occasion. He has also designed functional knives and swords in partnership with professional sword and knife makers in Nepal, Indonesia, and the United States. Additionally, he has taught in both private and public school environments in a variety of subjects, most recently with a concentration in Visual Arts.Read more about this authorRead less about this author