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Michael Summerell

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in Cardiff, The United Kingdom

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Crime, Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, George Orwell, Agatha Christie, David Mi ...more

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Michael Summerell is originally from Wales. He now spends his time in New Zealand and Australia. Michael was for 5 years the State Archivist of Queensland, a high profile integrity role where collecting things that people sometimes would prefer to forget was very much the order of the day.

His first adult novel “Ipso Facto” was released in August 2026, along with his first Children's book "The House That Collected Lost Things". ...more

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	IPSO FACTO: A Savage Satire on Power, Politics and A Little Bit of Murder it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House That Collected Lost Things it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome Minister : A Leaked Guide to Survival in Government: A Cabinet Office Ministerial Handbook 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome Minister : A Leaked Guide to Survival in Government: A Cabinet Office Ministerial Handbook 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince : A Leadership Treatise for the Modern Political World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince: A Leadership Treatise for the Modern Political World by Michael Summerell (Goodreads Author), Sir Felix Montague 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Debate: New Britannia Votes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ipso Facto Prequels: The Combined Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ipso Facto Prequels - why?

When I had finished the first draft of Ipso Facto... it was over 220,000 words and I had to do some culling.... The Prince, Welcome Minister and The Debate were essentially things I cut that I liked a lot... so created the prequels... It was very much a case of not wanting to kill my darlings I suppose.

Welcome Minister... was actually pretty much non fiction from my experiences in the Australian Read more of this blog post »

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I am obviously biased, but really do love this little book. I think it has a wonderfully positive selfless message which I think is much needed these days. It will be I am sure the first in a series, but I already love the prospects the world created ...more
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