{"id":29,"date":"2023-04-08T22:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T21:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:30:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Author-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Author-photo.jpg 288w, https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Author-photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Author-photo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Pondering history, myth, and fantasy from an early age, Martin grew up in Southern Oregon wondering what lay outside the sleepy Pacific Northwest. Readings of haunted lighthouses and native legends quickly turned to readings of the <em>Kalevala <\/em>and <em>Prose Edda<\/em>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b. He took his interests to school where he graduated from University of Portland with a BA in History with a focus on Pagan and Christian interactions in Late Antiquity, then to Fordham University where he earned an MA in History with a focus on royal saints in High Medieval Scandinavia. He now resides with his growing family back where it all began in Southern Oregon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Podcast and Media Appearances<\/summary><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/podcast-with-david-watson-2\/\">Podcast with David Watson #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/25\/podcast-with-rodger-nichols\/\">Podcast with Rodger Nichols<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/podcast-with-david-watson\/\">Podcast with David Watson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/martinraynelson.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/radio-children-of-the-dying-hearth-on-kway-with-matt-ray\/\">Radio: Children of the Dying Hearth on KWAY with Matt Ray<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pondering history, myth, and fantasy from an early age, Martin grew up in Southern Oregon wondering what lay outside the sleepy Pacific Northwest. 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