My name is Josef Miyasato. My pen name is Travis Deckard. It is the joining of two notable literary figures, Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver) and Rick Deckard (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep).  

My writing has been influenced by many authors including Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, Henry Rollins, Harvey Pekar, Jack Kerouac, C.S. Lewis, Annie Dillard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Arthur Koestler, Ivan Doig, Philip K. Dick, The Bible, The Book of Mormon, The Pearl of Great Price, Parley P. Pratt, David James Duncan, Margaret Atwood, Oliver Sacks, Flannery O'Connor, Tim O'Brien, Denis Johnson, and many more.  

My writing explores the human condition in the tradition of Dostoevsky, Flannery O'Connor, Denis Johnson, and the writings of the prophets. 

You can find more of my work at my website. I also run a boutique at https://apedrapery.com/.