Michael Botur, born 1984 in Christchurch, New Zealand, is the author of six acclaimed literary fiction short story collections, two collections of horror fiction, four novels, ‘page and pub poetry’ book Loudmouth and the children’s book "My Animal Family."
LoudmouthHe has won awards for short fiction in the US, Australia, and New Zealand and has published longform and short news articles in publications including VICE World News, NZ Listener, New Zealand Herald, Herald on Sunday, Sunday Star-Times, The Spinoff, Noted, Mana and North & South.
VICE World News, NZ Listener, New Zealand Herald, Herald on Sunday, Sunday Star-Times, The Spinoff, Noted, ManaNorth & SouthIn 2017, Botur launched
http://www.NZShortStories.com.
In 2021, Botur was the first Kiwi winner of the Australasian Horror W
