Michael J. Varhola

Michael J. Varhola (born September 24, 1966) is an author, publisher, and lecturer. He has written numerous books, games, and articles, and founded game development company and manufacturer Skirmisher Publishing LLC. He also serves as the assistant editor of The Hilltop Reporter, a weekly newspaper located in Texas Hill Country.

Varhola is a 1993 graduate of University of Maryland, College Park, from which he received a B.S. in journalism. Other schools he attended include the Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado, and the American University of Paris. He graduated from high school at Carson Long Military Institute in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania.

Varhola has authored or co-authored the non-fiction books Everyday Life During the Civil War (1999), D-Day (2000), Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953 (2000), and Shipwrecks and Lost Treasure of the Great Lakes (2007).

Varhola is the co-author of several gaming books, including Experts (2002), Warriors (2003), Tests of Skill (2004), Nuisances (2005), Experts v.3.5 (2005), Nation Builder (2005), H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars (2007), and Nuisances: Director's Cut (2007).

Varhola published and wrote introductions to editions of H.G. Wells' Little Wars (2004) and Floor Games (2006) and Robert Louis Stevenson's Stevenson at Play.

His current projects include Ghosthunting Maryland, a follow-on to his Ghosthunting Virginia, both visitors' guide to sites that are part of the "America's Haunted Roadtrip" series published by Clerisy Press (Cincinnati, Ohio).

He is also a distant cousin of artist Andy Warhol^{[citation needed]}.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

• Everyday Life During the Civil War. Cincinnati: Writers Digest, 1999. ISBN 1582973377
• D-Day. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas, 2000. ISBN 1882810465 (with Randy Holderfield)
• Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas, 2000. ISBN 1882810430
• Armchair Reader: Civil War. Chicago: Publications International, 2007. ISBN 1412715636 (with the Editors of Publications International)
• Shipwrecks and Lost Treasure of the Great Lakes. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2007. ISBN 0762744928 (with Frederick Stonehouse and Paul G. Hoffman)
• Ghosthunting Virginia. Cincinnati: Clerisy Press, 2008. ISBN ISBN 1578603277, ISBN 978-1578603275
• Ghosthunting Maryland. Cincinnati: Clerisy Press, 2009. ISBN ISBN 1-57860-351-X, ISBN 978-1-57860-351-0 (with Michael H. Varhola)

Gaming books

• Experts. Skirmisher, 2002. ISBN 0972251103 (with Paul O. Knorr)
• Warriors. Skirmisher, 2003. ISBN 0972251111 (with Paul O. Knorr, Sharon Daugherty, and David L. Thomas)
• Tests of Skill. Skirmisher, 2004. ISBN 097225112X (with Paul O. Knorr)
• Nuisances. Skirmisher Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0972251146 (with Sharon Daugherty)
• Experts v.3.5. Skirmisher, 2005. ISBN 0972251197 (with Paul O. Knorr and Perry Frix)
• Nation Builder. Little Rock, AR:Troll Lord Games, 2005. ISBN 1931275807 (with Gary Gygax)
• H.G. Wells' Little Orc Wars Quick-Play Rules. Skirmisher Publishing, 2007. ISBN 0977721124 (with H.G. Wells)

External links

• Facebook Page
• Michael J. Varhola's TravelBlogue
• Skirmisher Publishing LLC
• The Hilltop Reporter
• BookTour

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