Mike Sirota, the author of the thrillers, Freedom’s Hand, Demon Shadows and The Modoc Well (Atoris Press), and The Burning Ground and Fire Dance (ZOVA Books), has published over twenty novels with houses that include The Berkley Publishing Group (Penguin-Putnam), Bantam Books, Pocket Books, and Kensington Publishing Corp. For many years he was an award-winning feature writer and editor for a Southern California newsmagazine. Mike assists aspiring and published writers as an editor and writing coach. He lives in Oceanside, California with his wife, Jacqueline.