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: Your IQ is Shrinking, Too
I wrote recently about how attention spans are shrinking and that this result is an intentional plan designed to make of the mass man an unthinking, dot-pecking, robotic consensus cog – someone who is given his opinions
MICHAEL BUNKER: Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
Woke up this morning and I did not put on my cleanest dirty shirt. I put on a clean shirt. Coffee. Hello to the wife. I was up late last night because I watched the Rangers clinch
MICHAEL BUNKER: Mind Fall
As the saying goes, seasons change, and so do I. As of Saturday, we’re officially in FALL, and I’m glad for it. It’s all different now than it used to be for us living in this downtown
MICHAEL BUNKER: The Writer’s Wife
Writing is a solitary life. I think most people think of me as an extroverted social butterfly, but I’m not. I tell myself (and it’s true) that every adventure “out” into the world is research. I’m always
MICHAEL BUNKER: Your disappearing attention span
Most people won’t read this, and of those few who do most will stop after a paragraph or two because reading has become too hard for them. They are already doomed. Meditate on that, even if you
MICHAEL BUNKER: Sweet summer rain
The recent rains have brought in some cooler weather and, along with that, better attitudes, I think. The summer heat was relentless, and when it broke it was like a great, sweaty weight lifted off of us.
MICHAEL BUNKER: Becoming a fan
The word “fan” can be tricky. Especially with my audience. Coming from a more theological background, the word “fan,” etymologically rooted in the word “fanatic,” can be an indication of some sort of idolatry. I think we
MICHAEL BUNKER: A stranger goes to the (Brownwood) Lions’ den
I’ve been to one high school football game since I graduated high school, and that was about 35 years ago. So we decided to try it. It was hot – maybe 105 degrees – when we pulled
MICHAEL BUNKER: Eyes to see
When He gives us eyes to see, we see clearly. This morning it was hot again, but not far off is a change. Seasons are for reasons beyond science. Yesterday we stepped out into the heat, mid-afternoon,