Michael David Anderson is the author of the Damnation Saga. He possesses degrees in both Psychology and English. He was born in East Tennessee in 1985 and currently resides in Orlando, Florida with his wife, Christine.

In addition to writing horror and suspense novels, Anderson is a poet, gamer, and Twitch affiliate, where he is known as shadesofmidnight. His two whippets, Flynn and Hermes, serve as a constant distraction from his writing.