The author of fifteen novels a number of stories and poems, and the late, lamented “Mythical Realism” travel blog, Michael Williams has been writing and publishing over the last thirty years. Michael has written a number of strange novels, from the early Weasel’s Luck and Galen Beknighted in the best-selling Dragonlance series to the lyrical and experimental Arcady, singled out for praise by Locus and Asimov’s magazines .His most recent work, the City Quartet—four magical realist novels set in a city that is/is not Louisville, Kentucky—has received widespread critical acclaim.
Michael has a Ph.D in Humanities, and taught at the University of Louisville until 2022, where he focused on the Modern Fantastic in fiction and film. He a member of the Imagination Hall of Fame.
A native of Louisville, he has lived in a number of far-flung spots, but now dwells in sleepy & domestic Southern Indiana. His most recent publication, FAREWELL TOUR (2026), is a long narrative poem that ties to the novels in the City Quartet, because what is a quartet without a fifth?
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