BESTSELLING PARANORMAL THRILLER AUTHOR MICHEAL RIVERS won 1st Place Runner up at The Paranormal Awards 2014 and has won Supernatural Book of the Year 2012. His books have made the Kindle Top 100 Paid List several times and have hit #1 in Supernatural.Micheal Rivers is the pseudonym for Mike Baugham. His Cherokee heritage prompted him to honor his great-grandfather and write under the name of Rivers. He grew up near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. His love of the sea and all it has to offer was the driving force of his first novel The Black Witch. As a child, he became aware of the supernatural world due to several experiences. A recognized authority as a paranormal investigator with more than thirty years of research, teaching classes and giving speeches provides his readers with some of his experiences woven into his paranormal thrillers. He is the lead investigator for the Smokey Mountain Ghost Trackers.He has been writing since 1993 and was first published in 2003. His works include supernatural thrillers, literary fiction and his ghost story anthologies are published by Schiffer Publishing. He is currently working on sequels and an action/adventure series.Micheal is a USMC veteran and served during Vietnam. The passions in his life are his wife, family, Boxer Delilah affectionately known as DeeDee, and the great outdoors.Visit Micheal's website http://michealrivers.com where you can be the first to find out about new releases and sign up for e-mail updates.Follow him on Twitter https://twitter.com/micheal_riversChat with him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MichealRivers.AuthorSmokey Mountain Ghost Trackers https://www.facebook.com/SmokeyMtnGhostTrackers What others are saying about Micheal's books: "...well written, completely engrossing..." - Michael Juvinall, Horror Society"...I couldn't put the story aside..." - Mallory Heart Reviews "...I loved this tale of undying love and dedicated friendship ... " - Tracy Riva "...Like Gilman, Hodgson, and Lovecraft, the richness of dialog is not lacking in Rivers's prose...Rivers does not so much stand upon the shoulders of these giants as he rubs elbows with them." - Amy K. Marshall, Staff Reviewer, Dark River Press