Michael White is the author of some twenty-eight non-fiction titles on a range of subject matters.

He won many accolades as a non-fiction writer before turning his attention to fiction. His biography of Isaac Newton, Isaac Newton - The Last Sorcerer in which Newton's obsession with magic and alchemy is discussed, was nominated by four British newspapers as 'Biography of the Year' in 1997 and was awarded 'Science Book of the Year' in the science category by Bookman Associates in the U.S, an honour he shared with the Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees.

He has had numerous international best-sellers including Stephen Hawking - A Life in Science, The Science of the X-Files and Leonardo - The First Scientist.

In 2002 Michael White's Rivals, a book about scientific rivalry from Newton to Gates, was short-listed for the prestigious Aventis Prize (the Booker Prize of Science)

In 2006 The Fruits of War was long-listed for the Aventis Prize.