Mike Kraus arrived on the fiction scene in 2012 with the surprise smash hit Final Dawn, an episodic post-apocalyptic series that sold over 250,000 copies. After a year of success he "retired" from writing for a few years to pursue other work (programming, web design and marketing) before returning to his true passion: writing.

With a follow-up trilogy to Final Dawn and two-more post-apoc series under his belt, he started Muonic Press (www.muonic.com) which has been the #1 small/indie post-apoc publisher for 3 years running according to book analytics firm K-Lytics.

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I was the girl who gazed out of the window…

When my teachers were talking about coastal erosion, I was gazing out of the window wondering “what if?”

What if the cliff crumbled just as I was walking along it? What if it was a dystopian future and what lay hidden beneath the cliff was an indescribable, mutated creature? What if…

All through school I made up stories – and I carried on writing when I went to university, getting a degree in Journalism and going on to do a Masters.

I now sit at my desk wrestling with paid search ads and marketing budgets – but as soon as I’m home I’m back on my computer, still making up stories.

I wrote the first book in The Generation Series while I was writing my dissertation, and the other two books shortly afterwards.

I let the characters guide me as I write, following the rule of if it sounds right, it probably is. I have a brief outline of each chapter before I begin, but sometimes the story takes an unexpected turn that even I didn’t see coming – that’s what makes me love writing so much.

Right now I’m at the very beginning of my author journey. I’m going to be writing for a long time to come and I hope you’ll stay with me. You can visit my website: www.esrichards.com to sign up to my reader group or find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/esrichardsauthor