Michael White (author)
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Michael White is a British
writer based in Sydney
, Australia
. He has been a science
editor
of British
GQ, a columnist for the Sunday Express in London
and, 'in a previous incarnation', he was a member of the band the Thompson Twins
(1982) and Colour me Pop. Colour Me Pop featured on the "Europe in the Year Zero" EP in 1982 with Yazoo
and Sudeten Creche
.
Between 1984 and 1991 he was a science lecturer at d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford
before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of thirty-three books: these include the international best-sellers, 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 30 languages. A book is Galileo: Antichrist, a biography of the great scientist and religious radical. Sequels to Equinox include The Medici Secret and The Borgia Ring. White has also written a novel under the name Sam Fisher called State of Emergency. In 2010 two books were due, the second in the Pendragon series, The Art of Murder under the name Michael White, and the second as Sam Fisher, Aftershock.
Great Britain
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writer based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
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. He has been a science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
of British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
GQ, a columnist for the Sunday Express in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and, 'in a previous incarnation', he was a member of the band the Thompson Twins
Thompson Twins
The Thompson Twins were a British pop group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid 1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives...
(1982) and Colour me Pop. Colour Me Pop featured on the "Europe in the Year Zero" EP in 1982 with Yazoo
Yazoo (band)
Yazoo are a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s...
and Sudeten Creche
Sudeten creche
Sudeten Creche was formed in 1981 as a semi Warholian experiment by the music business svengali Yvette Döll. The first line up featured Paul Carlin and Mark Warner who wrote the classic minimal electronic tracks “Are Kisses out of Fashion?” and “Dance” featured on their first release called “Europe...
.
Between 1984 and 1991 he was a science lecturer at d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of thirty-three books: these include the international best-sellers, 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
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
reached the Top Ten in the bestseller list in the UK and has been translated into 30 languages. A book is Galileo: Antichrist, a biography of the great scientist and religious radical. Sequels to Equinox include The Medici Secret and The Borgia Ring. White has also written a novel under the name Sam Fisher called State of Emergency. In 2010 two books were due, the second in the Pendragon series, The Art of Murder under the name Michael White, and the second as Sam Fisher, Aftershock.