Johnstone, Michael: - Michael was born and educated in Edinburgh.
Michael has also written two gift books for Contender/Hallmark, both of which appeared in the Sunday Times bestsellers list..
His fiction titles include the twelve-Book Aliens series for Madcap (Andre Deutsch\'s one-time children\'s list) and My History News: In Space which was runner-up for the 2000 Aventis Prize for the best science Book for children.
Michael became a freelance writer in 1991 and to date is the author of over sixty (mainly non-fiction) books for children and adults.
He then worked for a number of small publishing companies, before joining Octopus where he helped establish the Children\'s Division.
Having initially trained as a teacher, he entered the world of publishing, working for William Collins in Glasgow.
Johnstone, Michael: - Michael was born and educated in Edinburgh
