Michael K BrantleyMichael K. Brantley is the author of four nonfiction books, including former Amazon No. 1 in Nonfiction in Memoir, Memory Cards: Portraits from a Rural Journey. He also wrote Galvanized: The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate, about his grea-great-grandfather who served in both armies during the Civil War and was involved in a bizarre murder. Brantley has worked as an award-winning journalist and photographer and teaches English, Creative Writing, and Communications at Barton College. He lives on part of the former family farm with his wife and children in eastern North Carolina. Read More Read Less