User:Michael Maguire (author)

Michael Sam Maguire was born in November 1954 in Islington, London, UK. He was educated at Parmiter's Grammar School and left (aged 16) with a handful of A/O levels to pursue a career in Racehorse Stud Management. A fabulous 2 years at Brewhurst Stud (Loxwood) followed before he was offered a journalist's position on The Sporting Life. During his time at Brewhurst he had submitted various freelance equine articles to magazines & newspapers and this had paved the way to a great job on one of the UK's leading newspapers. Michael Sam Maguire continued with freelance contributions to magazines in the UK, Australia & the USA. Both horse & greyhound racing became his passion so it wasn't long before he turned his hand to novel writing.

Maguire's first racing thriller: SHOT SILK. Second racing thriller: SLAUGHTER HORSE. Third racing thriller: SCRATCHPROOF.  Fourth racing thriller: SCORCHER. Young adult adventure (1): SUPERKIDS (sold to Walt Disney). Young adult adventure (2): MYLOR.  Young adult adventure (3): MYLOR-THE KIDNAP.  Young adult adventure (4): SWIFTLY.



Michael lives in Shepperton, Surrey.