Benjamin M. Birney has been engaged in rich media storytelling for most of his life. In high school, he composed original music for the classic Mac freeware game MANTRA. At Williams College, he composed and produced his first musical, VILLAINS, with other collaborators. He then went on to create the musicals PARADISE LOST and SOPHIA'S FALL in collaboration with Rob Seitelman. He produced both shows in New York, and Sophia's Fall was an official selection of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Benjamin continued composing music, and also went on to law school, where he was the Managing Editor of Maine Law Review and had his student comment published. Upon graduating in 2013, Benjamin received the Wernick Prize for Legal Writing from the University of Maine School of Law.  His first novel, The Bright Path: An Anachronism, published in 2018, explored themes of love, religion, and destiny.  All views are my own.