Michael Morrissey (writer)
Michael James Terence Morrissey (born 1942) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor, feature article writer, book reviewer and columnist. He is the author of 14 volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories, a memoir, two stage plays and four novels and he has edited five other books.
Michael Morrissey was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland and studied law and English literature at the University of Auckland.