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Michael White is a British writer based in Sydney, Australia. Born in 1959, he studied at King's College London (1977-1982) and was a Chemistry lecturer at d'Overbroeck's College, Oxford (1984-1991). 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 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).〔(Michael White and Andrew Laming )〕 He moved to Australia in 2002 and was made an Honorary Research Fellow at Curtin University in 2005. He is the author of thirty-five 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 35 languages. A recent non-fiction book is ''Galileo: Antichrist'', a biography of the great scientist and religious radical. Novels following ''Equinox'' include: ''The Medici Secret'', ''The Borgia Ring'' and ''The Art of Murder''. White has also written three novels under the name Sam Fisher - State of Emergency, Aftershock and Nano. They form The E-Force trilogy. White writes under two further names, Tom West and Sam Fisher mentioned above. A further novel by White features Galileo, Elizabeth and the like. It is called "The Venetian Detective". Michael White wrote a biography of Isaac Newton ''The Last Sorcerer''. He has been both short-listed and long-listed for the Aventis prize - ''Rivals'' 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== *The Venetian Detective (a novel as Michael White) *The Kennedy Conspiracy (2012) (a novel as Michael White) *The Art of Murder (2011) (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) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael White (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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