Michael B. Koep
Michael B. Koep has been a college educator, an international touring musician, and a dynamite waiter. He is a swordsman, an avid world traveler, a visual artist, and a professional rock drummer. He has climbed the pyramids of Giza, fenced an Italian master, and has done battle with the infamous North Korean propaganda loudspeakers by aiming a massive PA across the DMZ and taking a drum solo. He is the author of the Award Winning Newirth Mythology: The Invasion of Heaven (2013), Leaves of Fire (2015), and The Shape of Rain (2018). His next book GIGMENTIA: A Drummer’s Love Song to Rock Shows, Fatherhood, Writing, and the Passing of a Beloved Mom releases in March 2023.
He lives in North Idaho with his family in a house filled with books, vinyl records, paint brushes, maps, and musical instruments.