Michael was a thriller-writing sensation in his teens. His first book, featuring an iconic 60s anti-hero, was a spy story that included the London street addresses of MI5 and MI6. As these were not in the public domain at the time, that caused quite a stir, although early talk of a D-Notice ended up more as an official endorsement with ‘the author has certainly done his homework.’

Those early titles ended up on bestseller shelves on both sides of the Atlantic, but their young author was oddly troubled. His hero went on dangerous missions to exotic locations, but Michael had never been anywhere or done anything. Like those secret addresses, it had all come from research or imagination, and he wanted an venturous life to enrich his writing like the authors who inspired him. So he quit writing imaginary adventures and took off looking for real ones. Since then, Michael has traveled in over 50 countries and had extraordinary careers and adventures on four continents. On the way, he learned many languages and acquired many skills and knowledge sets. He digs into the fine print on these in his blog, at least the ones that won’t get him arrested.

These days Michael writes satirical fiction and thrillers for both page and screen. He lives with his wife, Elizabeth, on a white mountain by a blue sea in Spain.