Michael Botur
Writer
Michael Botur, born 1984 in Christchurch, is the author of eight short story collections; young adult sci-fi dystopian series, Lockdownland; the “White Once Were Warriors” novel, Crimechurch; a poetry collection, Loudmouth; and a children’s book, My Animal Family.
He has won creative writing awards in the US, Australia and New Zealand. In 2020 he pivoted to writing horror feature-film screenplays. Mike settled in Northland in 2015. He prefers hanging with druggies, lowlifes, perverts and weirdos than boring people.
2024 – Glass Barbie, Lasavia Publishing
2023 – Bloodalcohol: Ten Tales
2022 – The Devil Took Her: Tales of Horror
2022 – The Lockdownland Trilogy
2021 – My Animal Family:
2020 – Moneyland: Payback
2020 – Hell of a Thing: Sixteen stories
2020 – Crimechurch
2019 – Loudmouth: page and pub poems
2018 – True?
2018 – Moneyland, a science fiction dystopian novel
2017 – Lowlife
2016 – Spitshine
2013 – Mean: short stories
2012 – Hot Bible!