Michael Gerard Bauer

Introduction

Michael Gerard Bauer is a full-time writer. He lives with his family in Brisbane where he was born, grew up and went to school.

He trained as an English and Economics teacher and taught at a number of secondary schools in Brisbane. Through teaching English to teenagers he developed a particular interest and enjoyment in young adult literature.

In 2003 Michael won the Write small micro-fiction competition for stories of exactly 100 words in the Brisbane Writers Festival. His first novel, The Running Man, was published the following year to positive reviews and won the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), Book of the Year (Older Readers) award.

His second novel, Don’t Call Me Ishmael! won the CBCA Junior Judges Book of the Year (Older Readers) award and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2007. Michael followed Ishmael and his mates into Year Ten after the success of the first Ishmael book. He published Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs in 2007.