Michael J. Malone

Michael Malone is a poet and crime novelist who was born and brought up in the heart of Robert Burns’ country, just a stone’s throw from the great man’s cottage in Ayr. He has published over 200 poems in literary magazines throughout the UK, including New Writing Scotland, Poetry Scotland and Markings. 

Michael has a Certificate in Life Coaching and studied as a facilitator with the Pacific Institute. He is an experienced workshop leader/creative writing lecturer to writers’ groups, schools and colleges as well as a personal coach and mentor. 

He is a former Faber and Faber regional sales manager, and has judged and critiqued countless poetry, short story and novel competitions for a variety of organisations, and for a number of years was the Scottish correspondent for Writers’ Forum. As a freelance editor he has edited and mentored writers in a variety of genres.

Michael’s crime novels include Dog Fight (2017), Bad Samaritan (2016), A Suitable Lie (2016) and Beyond the Rage (2015). His thriller The Guillotine Choice is the true story of an innocent man’s time in the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony, co-written with the protagonist's son, Bashir Saoudi.

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Interviewed 02 September 2017