![]() ![]() ![]() The blog brought him devotees, many of them Anabaptists, who visited his farm in Santa Anna soon, an entire quasi-Amish community sprung up around him. He adopted a near-Amish lifestyle and looks the part, long beard and all. What makes him stand out: His sketches of a world in ruins are surprisingly believable - perhaps because he knows exactly what a life without all the trappings of conventional civilization looks like.Ī former digital-systems specialist, Bunker got his start as a writer via his blog about homesteading, started after he quit the rat race. The writer, who lives a self-described “plain Christian” life and has been called the “Tom Clancy of postapocalyptic fiction” (by Apocalyptic Fiction) has seen his books topping the USA Today best-seller list, he’s got a reality TV show in the offing, his agent is fielding calls from movie producers and his new publishing firm has just launched five brand-new novels simultaneously - one of his own, and four by other writers. The ironic juxtaposition is working out for him. With their four children.īy night, Bunker writes best-selling, post-apocalyptic, dystopian sci-fi novels. ![]() When he bought the farm 10 years ago, there wasn’t even a house, so he and his wife lived in a tent. ![]() By day, Michael Bunker lives an agrarian life, raising crops and tending livestock on a 40-acre farm in central Texas. ![]()
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