"These novels ask no knowledge of the sea, only a willingness to follow where the story leads. The maritime world gives them their weather, their danger, and their beauty, but never stands between the reader and the heart of the tale. Beneath the tide and the salt lies what has always drawn us to stories: suspense, longing, courage, and the deep truths of human nature."

Michael Rothery

Michael GW Rothery is a lifelong writer whose fiction is shaped by decades at sea. He began writing poems and letters long before turning to full-length fiction in 2012. He served twenty-five years in the Royal Navy, gaining extensive operational and maritime experience that now underpins the realism of his novels.

Alongside his writing career, he qualified as a yachtmaster and worked for a time on yacht deliveries. In 2015, he bought a sailing yacht in Greece and sailed solo to the Caribbean via the Atlantic Islands. He went on to cruise the Lesser Antilles for several years before crossing to the Azores. In 2024, he sold his boat and came ashore, bringing with him a lifetime of naval service, blue‑water sailing, and firsthand maritime knowledge that informs every aspect of his storytelling.

Michael now lives in the Scottish Highlands.