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  <name><![CDATA[Michael F. Stewart]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Michael sees writing as a brilliant excuse to tramp across the world, and it has taken him abroad as a leader of Antarctic expeditions, crew of a tug boat on the Baltic Sea, paddling the Zambezi River, climbing in Sumatra, spelunking in Belize and, of course, singing inside the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid while lying in its rose-colored sarcophagus.

Travel and a fascination with reading and religion spawned 24 Bones, which draws from Egyptian myth and is influenced by Jungian and Gnostic themes.

All author proceeds of 24 Bones go to charity.

Michael has three forthcoming novels, Color of the Crow, a soft SF, The Sand Dragon, a horror, and Hurakan, a Mayan themed thriller which pits the Maya against the MS-13 with a New York family stuck in the middle. 

A full length graphic novel is in production as well as a variety of digital work.

His four YA graphic novels are published by Oxford University Press Canada. 

In addition to his writing career, Michael is a four time world champion dragon boat athlete, father of three girls, and husband. He tries very hard to keep life an adventure both on and off the page.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Alexandre Dumas, James Clavell, Frank Herbert, William Gibson, Tolkien, Thomas Harris, Brian Lumley]]></influences>      <born_at>01/01/1975</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[24 Bones]]></title>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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