Michael Arnone is a father of eight, grandfather of eighteen, a second -generation American born in Chicago and transplanted to Los Angeles in 1953. After a long career in real estate sales and loan origination, Mike is an empty-nester, living happily with his wife, Karen, in Vacaville, enjoying their grandkids. Master of the Waterways...God of the Creeks is Mike's first attempt, at seventy-seven, at writing and publishing a literary work. His adoration of John Steinbeck and love of California inspired him to write this historical narrative in a setting in and around San Simeon, a county away Fromm Steinbeck's beloved Salinas.