Michael E. Wills was born on the Isle of Wight, UK, and educated at the Priory Boys School and Carisbrooke Grammar. He trained as a teacher at St Peter’s College, Saltley, Birmingham, before working at a secondary school in Kent for two years. After re-training to become a teacher of English as a Foreign Language he worked in Sweden for thirteen years. During this period, he wrote several English language teaching books. His teaching career has included time working in rural Sweden, a period that first sparked his now enduring interest in Scandinavian history and culture - an interest that after many years of research, both academic and in the field, led him to write “Finn’s Fate” and the sequel novel, “Three Kings – One Throne”. Continuing in a Viking theme, in June 2015, Michael published, “Children of the Chieftain: Betrayed”, the first of a quartet of Viking adventure stories for young readers. The book was described by the Historical Novel Society reviewer as “An absolutely excellent novel which I could not put down.” The novel was long-listed for the Historical Novel Society, 2016 Indie Prize. Michael's second series for young readers, The Children of Clifftop Farm, in three books, tells the adventures of two young WW2 evacuees who are sent to live on the Isle of Wight . Published in 2022, "Izar, The Amesbury Archer", is a story based on the discovery near to Stonehenge of a stone age skeleton. On a Viking theme, "For the Want of Silver", is inspired by the text on a rune stone near to Stockholm airport. It tells of the adventures of Ulf of Borrestad. Michael's latest book, "May 1940: Destination Dunkirk" is a World War Two story based on the diary of the engineer of one of the "Little Ships". Though a lot of his spare time is spent with grandchildren, he also has a wide range of interests including researching for future books, writing, playing the guitar, carpentry and electronics. You can also stay up-to-date by visiting his website: www.michaelwills.eu