Michael Powell  was a Choral Exhibitioner at Christ Church Oxford and intended to become a professional singer but became a computer programmer to pay the bills in the meantime. Over the years, he alternated between the two careers. He authored a number of successful software products and, at the same time, performed professionally as a soloist in concerts and operatic performances around the UK and abroad.

In the 1980s he was commissioned to write articles for the UK national and specialist press on software-related subjects and wrote two books about Contracting (one largely written during rehearsals for Britten’s “Rape of Lucretia” at the Aldeburgh Festival, where he took the leading tenor rôle).

In 1993 he met his wife, Kerstin. They bought a boat in Greece and have visited most of the Greek islands and the Turkish Mediterranean coast.

During their travels, they discovered the island of Leros where they bought a house in 2014. He became fascinated with the wartime history of the island which inspired him to write his first novel, “Four’s Destiny” and the sequel “Cheese and Chalk”.

He has also published a science fiction novel, “Separate Times” which explores his interest in consciousness and quantum communications

His eclectic lifestyle has enabled him to continue to pursue his various careers wherever he happens to be.