Adam Nicolai, great grandson of the Norwegian writer Waldemar Ager and current owner of Empty-Grave Publishing, is the writer of the Yot Cycle of lore in the Land of Oz. "The Tales of Yot," is a collection of three novellas loosely related to Retrofit republications of the canonical Oz books they originally appeared in. Yot's Tales offer a prequel-esque insight into "Asper and the Unheard Heroes in Oz," which will be the first official novel-length addition to the Yot Cycle.Nicolai currently resides in Lombard, Illinois with his wife Julie--4th-grade teacher and author of "Road Map Through Bullying: Effective Bully Prevention for Educators"--and two rambunctious little boys that keep him forever waffling between the roles of productive writer, frazzled stay-at-home father, and unmotivated, gibbering buffoon.