Michael J. Vaughn

Michael J. Vaughn is the author of thirty novels, including the acclaimed Mermaids' Tears and his latest, I Look for You in the Crowd. He is also a fine arts painter and drummer-vocalist for San Jose's El Camino Revival Band. Vaughn worked for Writer's Digest as a contributing writer and competitions judge, and won a fellowship from Arts Council Silicon Valley. Vaughn works as an opera critic for the Palo Alto Weekly. His poems have appeared in more than a hundred literary journals worldwide. He graduated from San Jose State with a journalism degree and a classical voice minor. He was born in Brunswick, Maine, and spent much of his childhood shuttling around the country, courtesy of his father Harold's career as a pilot with the US Navy.