Mike Bezemek

About Mike Bezemek

Award-winning author of books and stories with an adventurous spin. Publications include Outside, Smithsonian, Sourcebooks, Mountaineers Books, Men’s Journal, Blue Ridge Outdoors, National Parks Magazine, University of Nebraska Press, Terrain Magazine, Duct Tape Diaries, Adventure Cyclist, Falcon, Skyhorse Publishing, Paddling Magazine, and others. For many years, I was a contributing editor at Canoe & Kayak. After a decade as a university writing instructor, in 2017 I became a full-time writer and publishing consultant.Along with my wife, I’ve chased adventures, degrees, jobs, and affordable living situations all across the country. Originally from the West Coast, I spent ten years in Missouri and around the Ozarks, where they call me California Mike. I’ve spent over two years of time during the past decade doing the road life thing in the Southwest, mostly around Utah and surrounding states. Out there, they sometimes call me South Carolina Mike because we now live on the Southeast Coast. The result is that I’m slowly earning local status across the Lower 48, roughly along the mid-thirty-degree latitudes.

Experience

1. Author of Twit Lit Classics Book Series

   Skyhorse Publishing, Inc

   Mar 2017 — Present

Education

• University of California, Davis

  Bachelor's degree, Geology

  1999 — 2003

• Washington University in St. Louis

  Master of Fine Arts, Writing

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Higher Education
• Tutoring
• Copy Editing
• Photography
• Public Speaking
• Lecturing
• University Teaching
• Writing
• Science
• Research
• Teaching
• Creative Writing
• Proofreading
• Editing