Michael Barnes is a native Texan who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. For almost 30 years, he has written about the city’s people, places, culture, and history for the Austin American-Statesman. He also writes the Out and About social column and blog. His first book, “Indelible Austin: Selected Histories,” came out in 2015 from Waterloo Press, and his second, “Indelible Austin: More Selected Histories,” was published in early 2018.