Michael White (author)

Michael White (1959 – 6 February 2018) was a British writer who was based in Perth, Australia. He studied at King's College London (1977–1982) and was a chemistry lecturer at d'Overbroeck's College, Oxford (1984–1991).

He was a science editor of British '' GQ'', a columnist for the ''Sunday Express'' in London and, 'in a previous incarnation', he was a member of Colour me Pop. Colour Me Pop featured on the "Europe in the Year Zero" EP in 1982 with Yazoo and Sudeten Creche and he was then a member of the group The Thompson Twins (1982).
He moved to Australia in 2002 and was made an Honorary Research Fellow at Curtin University in 2005.

He was the author of thirty-five books: these include ''Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science''; ''Leonardo: The First Scientist''; ''Tolkien: A Biography''; and ''C. S. Lewis: The Boy Who Chronicled Narnia''. His first novel ''Equinox'' – thriller, an occult mystery reached the Top Ten in the bestseller list in the UK and has been translated into 35 languages. His non-fiction production included the biography ''Galileo: Antichrist'' Novels following ''Equinox'' include ''The Medici Secret'', ''The Borgia Ring'' and ''The Art of Murder''.

White wrote under two further names, Tom West and Sam Fisher. He used the latter pseudonym to publish the E-Force trilogy, ''State of Emergency'', ''Aftershock'', and ''Nano''.

A further novel by White, ''The Venetian Detective'', features characters including Galileo and Elizabeth.

White wrote a biography of Isaac Newton, ''The Last Sorcerer''. He was both short-listed and long-listed for the Aventis prize. ''Rivals'' was short-listed in 2002, and ''The Fruits of War'' long-listed in 2006. He was also nominated for the Ned Kelly Prize for First Novel (for ''Equinox'' in 2007).

Bibliography

*(2016) ''The Venetian Detective'' (a novel, as Michael White)
*(2012) ''The Kennedy Conspiracy'' (a novel, as Michael White)
*(2011) ''The Art of Murder'' (a novel, as Michael White)
*(2011) Nano ( a novel, as Sam Fisher).
*(2010) Aftershock (a novel, as Sam Fisher).
*(2009) ''State of Emergency'' (a novel, under the name of Sam Fisher)
*(2009) ''The Borgia Ring'' (a novel)
*(2008) ''The Medici Secret'' (a novel)
*(2007) Coffee With Newton (non-fiction)
*(2007) ''Galileo Antichrist, a Biography''
*(2006) ''Equinox'' (a novel)
*(2004) ''C. S. Lewis: Creator of Narnia''
*(2005) ''A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: The Science of Doctor Who''
*(2005) ''The Fruits of War''
*(2004) ''Machiavelli: A Man Misunderstood''
*(2003) ''A History of the 21st Century'' (with Gentry Lee) – Korean translation version
*(2002) ''The Pope and the Heretic''
*(2001) ''Tolkien: A Biography''
*(2002) ''Rivals'' – shortlisted for the Aventis Prize
*(2000) ''Thompson Twin: An ’80s Memoir''
*(2000) ''Leonardo: The First Scientist''
* Super Science
*(1997) ''Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer''
*''Life Out There''
*''Alien Life Forms''
*''Mind and Matter''
*(1996) ''The Science of the X-Files''
*(1994) ''Asimov: The Unauthorised Biography''
*''Breakthrough'' (with Kevin Davies)
*''Darwin: A Life in Science'' (with John Gribbin)
*''Einstein: A Life in Science'' (with John Gribbin)
*''Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science'' (with John Gribbin)
*''Newton'' (for younger readers)
*''Galileo'' (for younger readers)
*''John Lennon'' (for younger readers)
*''Mozart'' (for younger readers)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Michael
1959 births
2018 deaths
English science writers
21st-century English novelists
Alumni of King's College London
English male novelists
21st-century English male writers
English male non-fiction writers