Michael Burrows was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. As a middle child in the creative chaos of six children, he never stood a chance. After travelling to London to work at the 2012 Olympics and backpacking through Europe for a year, the great British weather persuaded him to settle in the UK. Michael completed his MA in 2017 at City, University of London, where he wrote the first draft of his novel Where the Line Breaks. His award winning short stories have been published all over the world, and his debut novel Where the Line Breaks was shortlisted for the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award.