Born into an immigrant family seeking new opportunity in America after World War II, Max Willi Fischer was raised in a village named after an exotic North African seaport—Mogadore, Ohio. With such a background, little wonder Max grew up with an inborn curiosity about history. He spent four decades as a classroom teacher, attaining National Board Certification along the way.

All those years in the classroom made Max realize that history should be a vibrant, well told story. His goal in writing is to give young adolescents an exciting, yet accurate, view into our nation’s past.

Retired, Max lives with his wife and trusted four-legged companions Bunnie, Lucy, and Izzy.