In this way, Bauer shares some similarities with children’s author Roald Dahl (who was insistent that children’s books should be humorous, not serious), who wrote classics like James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. And though he insists he’s not purposefully writing for a specific audience, he’s also said that he tries to write funny books that will appeal specifically to boys.
Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy were some of his favorite books. In interviews, Bauer has said that as a kid, J. Books like Dear Miss Karana by Eric Elliott and These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong are other contemporary young adult novels that take classic novels as their inspiration (Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, respectively). And, of course, Ishmael takes Herman Melville’s classic 1851 novel Moby-Dick as its inspiration ( Don’t Call Me Ishmael’s protagonist is named after Moby-Dick’s narrator). It’s followed by Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs and Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel. He and his wife, who was also a teacher, live in Brisbane.ĭon’t Call Me Ishmael is the first in a trilogy about Ishmael and his debating friends at St. He also maintains a blog and interacts with fans on Facebook. Bauer has said that he doesn’t have the opportunity to write every day, since he spends a lot of his time speaking to school groups and attending literary festivals. His novels have been translated into many different languages and published all over the world. Bauer has continued to publish about a book per year since then-some for middle-grade readers, some for younger readers, and several picture books. Don’t Call Me Ishmael was his second book his son designed the cover art for the original Australian edition. The Running Man won a number of awards in Australia and elsewhere, and it jumpstarted Bauer’s career as an author of young adult fiction. Bauer taught for decades until he quit his job to write his first novel, The Running Man, which was published in 2005.
He studied English literature in college and then became an economics and English teacher in Brisbane.
Michael Gerard Bauer was born in Brisbane, Australia.
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