Michael Logan is a Scottish novelist and freelance journalist, currently based in Nairobi, Kenya.
His first novel Apocalypse Cow - a comedic tale of zombie animals overrunning the UK - was joint winner of the Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now prize for debut novelists, and will be published on May 10, 2012 by Transworld. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon.
You can read the blurb on the fiction page of this website.
For book news, you can follow Michael on twitter (@MichaelLogan), on Facebook or Goodreads.
Michael is the former Managing Editor of Somalia Report, a news service that focuses on working with Somali journalists and international experts to provide insight and non-partisan coverage of the region.
He was also a correspondent for the English newsroom of the German Press Agency dpa, based in Nairobi and covering East, West and Central Africa for three years. Michael also spent three years as dpa's correspondent in Hungary. He freelanced for several years prior to that - in both Hungary and Bosnia - for a variety of publications.
Michael's articles have appeared worldwide in publications such as the CS Monitor, Business New Europe and The Sunday Herald, as well as being syndicated to CBS and ABC.
He has reported on a wide range of events of global interest, from piracy off the coast of Somalia to World Economic Forum meetings in Davos to the 2010 South Africa World Cup, and has covered visits from top world leaders such as George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin. He has also interviewed top level politicians.
Michael is a native English speaker and can also speak French and Hungarian.
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