About…

Halfway home, Michael Somerville never expected to be an author. He never saw himself as a storyteller. Although he always loved maps, fantastic creatures, and the worlds of Tolkien and Lewis, he never expected to imagine a world of his own.

After ten years as a Systems Engineer and Project Manager, Michael’s daughters started asking him to tell them stories. He did. And then, he didn’t stop.

Michael has been working on the stories that have become the Tales of the Broken Realm ever since his oldest daughter was old enough to ask him to tell her a story.

Wanting to give his girls stories that would warm their hearts and build their understanding of the world, the Broken Realm was born.

Unapologetically telling fairy stories, Michael is an amateur in every sense of the word. By day, he still pays the bills by leading teams and managing projects.

By night, he tells stories. Since he has been building worlds and drawing maps ever since he was eight years old, his wife and three lovely daughters despair of him ever stopping.

His dog doesn’t seem to care, as long as he sticks close to home in the Shenandoah Valley and is around to open doors for her.