Michael Rose is a Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster now living in Sydney, Australia, and has written three novels in his Frank Delaney spy thriller series. He is the former Chief of Communications and Publications for Interpol at the police agency's global headquarters in Lyon, France. He has worked in a senior capacity for major media organizations around the world, such as the CBC, MacLean's Magazine, UPI, Radio France International, Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper and the Reuters news agency in London. His work and personal travel have taken him throughout Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. That itinerary included a series of trouble spots, including Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Haiti; Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Zambia and Zimbabwe; Viet Nam, Indonesia, Fiji and East Timor. A native of Montreal, Rose attended Concordia University and earned a Bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology. He then studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, after which he began his career in the media. He holds a Masters degree in journalism from the University of Wollongong in Australia. Over the last twenty-five years, Rose has written extensively in a variety of media genres - news reporting, political commentary and analysis, as well as feature and travel articles. Rose has taught journalism at the University of Western Sydney in Australia, as well as the University of Sydney, and has delivered guest lectures at Concordia University and the University of Hanoi. He has also trained working journalists in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, East Timor, Thailand and Sweden.
PUBLICATIONS:
Novel -- The Tsunami File. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2008
Novel -- The Burma Effect. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2006.
Novel -- The Mazovia Legacy. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2003.
Non-fiction book -- For the Record. Sydney: Allen & Unwin , 1996.
Children's book -- Kangaroo Christmas. Calgary, Bayeux Arts Ltd, 2006
Stage play -- Gameshow, produced at Montreal's Phoenix Theatre. , 1980
Stage play -- Lotto Cantata, runner-up in the Clifford E. Lee National Playwriting awards. , 1979
Stage play -- Gallery, winner Concordia University Arts Prize, Montreal. , 1978
AWARDS:
Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel for The Tsunami File, 2009
Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel for The Mazovia Legacy, 2004.
