MICHAEL BURGE is a journalist, author, publisher and artist who lives at Deepwater on Ngarrabul Country in the New England region of NSW. A graduate of Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art, he has also edited and written for Fairfax Media, Australian Community Media, Intermedia, United News & Media UK and News Corporation. Michael’s journalism has always covered issues of equality, LGBTIQA+ history, popular culture, politics and pathways for independent artists and writers. He is a board member of the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival and a member of the Australian Crime Writers Association.
His debut novel Tank Water (2021) and its sequel Dirt Trap (MidnightSun Publishing, Nov 2025) are a rural noir storytelling cycle about homophobia and justice in the bush.
