Michael Bunker
Michael Bunker is a USA Today Bestselling author, renaissance man, off-grid expert, husband, and father of four children. He’s the mixologist at Lucille + Mabel restaurant, rolls cigars, makes bourbon, writes books…and occasionally tilts at windmills. In November of 2015, Variety Magazine announced that Michael had sold a film/tv option for his bestselling novel Pennsylvania to Jorgensen Pictures. JP is currently developing Pennsylvania for production into a feature film. Hollywood heavyweight and Production Design superstar Patrick Tatopoulos (Independence Day, Maleficent 2, the 300, iRobot) is slated to direct the Pennsylvania feature film. Michael currently has two film options working in Hollywood.
Michael has been called the “father” of the Amish/Scifi genre but that isn’t all that he writes. He is the author of several popular and acclaimed works of dystopian sci-fi, including the Amazon top 20 overall bestselling Amish Sci-fi thriller Pennsylvania, the groundbreaking dystopian vision Hugh Howey called “a brilliant tale of extra-planetary colonization.” He also has written the epic post-apocalyptic novel WICK, the Amish/Robot thriller Brother, Frank, as well as many nonfiction works including the non-fiction Amazon overall top 30 national bestseller Surviving Off Off-Grid. Michael was hired by Amazon.com through their Kindle Worlds and Kindle Serials programs to write the first ever commissioned novel set in the World of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle.
Michael has been featured on NPR, HuffPost Live, Molly Green, and Ozy.com, along with hundreds of print, radio, and podcast interviews. He’s very pleased to be offering regular columns to BrownwoodNews.com.
MICHAEL BUNKER: Panning In and Panning Out
When you need a dose of sanity, pan in. When you need to find reason, logic, and design, pan out. I’ll explain, but that’s the TL/DR version. If that’s all the time you have, stop there and
MICHAEL BUNKER: Infinity and Whatnot
All men, Pasteur said, prostrate themselves at the feet of infinity. Because infinity is the one inescapable thing. Therefore, the religious, the irreligious, the atheist, the science-worshipper, all see infinity and can do nothing but kneel before
MICHAEL BUNKER: A Live View of the Whole World Right Now
I like to put the rolling webcams on YouTube on the TV. These are worldwide live webcams that roll through while classical music or jazz plays. Each scene stays on the screen for 15-30 seconds. You can
MICHAEL BUNKER: A Moveable Feast
Yesterday was a nice, blue-sky Saturday in June and we walked over to the new Wild Duck Bar & Grill for a late lunch before strolling down a few blocks to the even newer Brownwood Events Center
MICHAEL BUNKER: Writing Today
I was on a guided trip to New York City over 20 years ago and we ended up in one of those horse-drawn carriages in Central Park. Our host, the nice lady who was showing us around
MICHAEL BUNKER: One Word of Truth
We rose just before the light and prepped for a morning walk. Out the door and it’s hot and muggy, already 75 degrees, and humidity through the roof as we start. We like walking downtown at dawn,
MICHAEL BUNKER: Barking at the End of Civilization
Sometimes a dog just needs to bark at a train going by in the night. Way far away. But the dog has to bark. One of the reasons I can confidently predict that there will be a
MICHAEL BUNKER: Glenn Miller Band in Brownwood
Sometime during the early years of WWII, big band leader Glenn Miller and his smaller, war-years orchestra, toured America building support for the war effort. It was probably 1942 when the superstar and his band (probably) played
MICHAEL BUNKER: You’re Probably Right
Someone posted a picture of an antique tool on a Facebook group that exists to identify antique tools. I looked at the picture and identified it immediately. I used one for its intended purposes for many years.