About the Author

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Voted "Best Local Author" and "Best Creative Writer" in consecutive years in the Best of Nevada awards, Mikalee Byerman is a writer, humor essayist, marketing consultant keynote speaker, and host of the 100 Things to Do in Reno Before You Die podcast. Her writing has gained national attention in publications like Ladies' Home Journal, The Huffington Post, and the in-flight magazine for Southwest Airlines. And in case you're wondering, her name rhymes with "prickly fireman." Follow her at mikaleebyerman.com--or pricklyfireman.com, just in case you forget how to spell her name.