Michael Almond grew up in the small town of Pilot Mountain in the Piedmont foothills of North Carolina.
His debut novel - “The Tannery” - is historical fiction, set in turbulent Wilkes County, North Carolina in 1900.
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Michael - now retired as an international business attorney - lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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