Michael Burson is a Ravenclaw who has been dressing up like a wizard since reading Sorcerer's Stone for the first time in 1998. 21 years later, he is still playing dress-up, but his robes are a bit better-constructed. Michael is a cosplayer, crafter, wand collector, and Harry Potter canon enthusiast who met his amazing wife Hayley through a Harry Potter club he started in college. Cohost of the new podcast Hold My Butterbeer and cosplayer of four years, Michael enjoys the sewing and tailoring aspects of cosplay.