A professional actor, acting coach, game designer, and author, Mike Yow has also been involved with tabletop role-playing games since 1979. A huge fan of fantasy and sword-and-sorcery, Mike works to keep the art of story-telling and narrative role-playing alive and well. He resides in the beautiful and awe-inspiring Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, N.C. with his lovely muse and a crazy-cool calico cat.