Michael White is the author of seven novels and twenty-eight non-fiction books. His novels include the international bestsellers EQUINOX, THE MEDICI SECRET, THE BORGIA RING and THE ART OF MURDER (all published by Random House). He has also written The E-Force Trilogy (STATE OF EMERGENCY, AFTERSHOCK and NANO) under the pseudonym Sam Fisher.
His first hit novel was EQUINOX which was translated into 35 languages and was a UK Top 10 bestseller. However, before writing EQUINOX, Michael White was the author of many non-fiction titles. These include the international bestseller, Stephen Hawking - A Life in Science which has been translated into 15 languages; Einstein - A Life in Science and Darwin - A Life in Science (all with John Gribbin). Other Non-Fiction titles of critical acclaim include Isaac Newton - The Last Sorcerer (Biography of the Year 1997 in the UK and 'Science Book of the Year 1997' as voted by Bookman Associates in the US), Rivals (short listed for the Aventis Prize for Science writing, 2002) and The Fruits of War (Long listed for The Aventis Prize, 2006)
Michael White 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 the '80s pop band, The Thompson Twins (1982).
Between 1984 and 1991 he was a science lecturer at d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford before becoming a full-time writer.
Michael is a regular contributor to TV and radio and still dabbles in music.
He is currently co-writing a novel with James Patterson called Private Sydney and a new solo project The Returning, both signed with Random House and each due for publication in 2012.