Micki Bare is a graduate of NC State University, where she earned both her Bachelor's and Master of Arts. Bare was a columnist for eighteen years. Her educational career includes service as an administrator, teacher, and marketing director. She is the author of the award-winning Zahra of the Uwharries middle-grade magical realism series, which includes Society of the Sentinelia (2022), Blind Fairy (2023), Omega Crag (2024), and Kimimila Returns (2025). The series has earned two AAUW NC Young People's Literature Awards. Bare and her husband live in NC, where they love to hike-especially in the Uwharrie Mountains-garden, read, cook, and travel.