Michael John MendiolaMichael John Mendiola is a writer, playwright, dramaturg, story & content editor and actor with roots in Idaho and Alaska. He spent 18 years writing and performing before moving to Seattle where he now lives with his husband and their beloved cat, Peny.As a playwright, Michael's first two full-length plays, The Book of Dorothy, based on the real-life events of activist Sister Dorothy Stang, and The Future's So Bright were semi-finalists for the O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference. As a dramaturg, his theatrical portfolio specializes in reimagined, nontraditional productions designed to provoke conversations both in the audience and the artistic community.He was the story and content editor on Shannon Denise Evans' novel, Velvet Moon Chronicles: The Leveling, a psychological-fantasy-thriller and the non-fiction work, What the Mountains Know: Life, Unstuck, a book about learning to live fearlessly. Currently, he is editing the second novel in the Velvet Moon Chronicles series as well as a second non-fiction book, Wildcrafter: Getting Out of Your Own Way.Recognizing the synergy of their creative partnership, Shannon and Mike formed Lamplighter XIII and The Spicy Noodles as vehicles for their artistic endeavors. Together, they have co-created and are developing a long list of television series including The Unreality of Roma Mason, The Shoemaker, Scrap Heap, Gravedigger, Sky Swift, Killer-Dorothy, Riding the Hood, Vargas Girl, Hollowlight, and Just Howard, among others.Michael is a member of the Dramatists Guild and AEA and is on the board of The Project Solution, a nonprofit organization that provides small-scale funding for infrastructure projects to people in distressed areas of the world. Read More Read Less