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Michael Little is a native Texan who ended up living in Hawaii, where folks are just as friendly and the sky is just as blue, although there are not as many cattle or horned toads. He stayed in school as long as he could, until the University of Delaware gave him a Ph.D. in English and kicked him out of the nest. Somewhere along the way he started going to Reno every year for rodeo week. Queen of the Rodeo is the result, published in 2001 by Triple Tree Publishing. Michael served for three years as President of the Aloha Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, which apparently welcomes cowboys as well as cowgirls. He is currently Publications Officer of the chapter, editing its Words of Paradise newsletter and maintaining the chapter web site. He was one of the editors of Strong Currents, an anthology of stories, poems, and essays by Hawaii writers published in 2002 by the Aloha Chapter, with net proceeds going to Hawaii Literacy, Inc. Michael is also a member of Bamboo Ridge Press, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2003. He served on the planning committee for the third Bamboo Ridge Writers Institute (October 23, 2004, at the University of Hawaii). Michael led a workshop with Kate Godwin entitled "Good Beginnings," on writing and rewriting strong openings. Current writing projects include Cowgirls and Horny Toads (a sequel to Queen of the Rodeo) and a series of short stories set in Hawaii, including "Walter! Walter!" (winner of the 2002 Honolulu Magazine Fiction Contest). "Walter! Walter!" has also been anthologized in the Bamboo Ridge 25th Anniversary Issue (September 2004). |
