Michael Moran (writer)

Michael Moran is an Australian travel writer, novelist, musician and teacher.[1] He has written a novel called Point Venus (1998) and two travel books: Beyond the Coral Sea: Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific (2003) and A Country in the Moon: Travels in Search of the Heart of Poland.

Beyond the Coral Sea was short-listed for the 2004 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, while A Country in the Moon has received widespread praise in the press.[2][3][4]

His grand uncle was the Australian concert pianist Edward Cahill. Moran is currently working on a biography of Cahill, provisionally entitled The Pocket Paderewski: The Remarkable Life of the Australian Concert Pianist Edward Cahill.

Moran is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and divides his time between Warsaw, Sydney and London.

References

  1. ↑ Official website
  2. ↑ Guardian review
  3. ↑ Telegraph review
  4. ↑ Independent review
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