welcome
Mike French
Author
Mike French is the owner and senior editor of the prestigious
literary magazine, The View From Here which has been called many fine things
since it started in 2007 including, "Attractive, informative, sparkling
and useful" by Iain M. Banks and for having a “great
passion and drive” by Booker shortlisted Tom McCarthy. Mike’s debut
novel, The Ascent of Isaac Steward came out in 2011 with Cauliay
Publishing and was nominated for The Galaxy National Book Awards which due to
an unfortunate clerical error was awarded to Dawn French.
Born in Cornwall in 1967, Mike spent his childhood flipping
between England and Scotland with a few years in between in Singapore. Splitting his time between his own writing, editing the
magazine, running workshops, leading The Luton Writers' Group and working with atp media in Luton, Mike is
married with three children and a growing number of pets. He currently
lives in Luton in the UK and when not working watches Formula 1, eats Ben &
Jerry's Phish Food and
listens to Noah and the Whale.
Mike's second novel a dsytopian sci-fi called Blue Friday was released in 2012 by Elsewhen Press. Convergence, his third book, is due for release in October 2013 from Elsewhen Press. The Ascent of Isaac Steward was rereleased with Elsewhen April 2013.
Do navigate the site with the tabs above, from my blog to more details of each of my books.