Tyler R. Tichelaar holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree from Northern
Michigan University and a Ph.D. from Western Michigan University. His
familys long relationship with Upper Michigan and his avid interest in
genealogy have inspired Tyler to write many stories and novels set in
Upper Michigan. The ghost story appearing in this month's issue of The
World of Myth is taken from his unpublished novel "Spirit of the North"
which he expects to publish in 2008. He has long been interested in
ghosts and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the Gothic Wanderer figure
in nineteenth century British novels. He is also the author of The
Marquette Trilogy: Iron Pioneers, The Queen City, and the forthcoming
Superior Heritage. For more information on Tyler R. Tichelaar and his
writing, visit MarquetteFiction.com