I am a seeker of knowledge & the answers to life's riddles, puzzles, & mysteries.

I study & photograph the past to better understand our present.

I write & teach speculative fiction to discover where our life quests can take us all.

I am passionate about quality & insightful:

writing –​ prose, poetry, non-fiction, technical, & science

graphic design –​ print, online, & video

photography –​ product, people, travel, & astronomy

See About the author for my bio.

From 1994 to 2000, I was the owner & creative director of Alan Michaels Associates, a marketing, advertising, & graphics design agency in Rochester, New York.

Maybe that's why I've been contacted by many people who think I am someone else. See Cases of mistaken identity! to discover other "Alan Michaels"-named people "out in the wild."