MICHAEL JEFFERY BLAIR is a novelist and writer who lives in Los Angeles. His novels include "Exit Point," "The Architect of Law," "Sudden Rivers" and "The Labyrinth in Winter." His editorial work has appeared in the New York Times and other publications, and he has written several stage plays along with a collection of poetry entitled "Fisher In The Abyss." He is also a designer and media artist having created communications for many of the world's great companies and is the principal and creative director of a digital design firm based in Los Angeles for which he has garnered dozens of national awards.