Michael Grothaus

About The Author

Novelist and journalist Michael Grothaus was born in Saint Louis, Missouri. He spent his twenties in Chicago where he earned his degree in filmmaking from Columbia and got his start in journalism writing for Screen. After working for institutions including The Art Institute of Chicago, Twentieth Century Fox, and Apple he earned his postgraduate degree with distinction in creative writing from the University of London. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, Litro Magazine, Fast Company, VICE, the Irish Times, Screen, Quartz, and others.   His debut novel is EPIPHANY JONES, a story about sex trafficking among the Hollywood elite. It was longlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger Award in 2017 and in 2018 was named one of the 25 "Most Irresistible Hollywood Novels" by Entertainment Weekly.

Books by Michael Grothaus

Beautiful Shining People

Discover this year's most extraordinary, breathtaking, MASTERFUL speculative novel … SFX Book of the Month

By Michael Grothaus
A damaged teenage tech prodigy meets an enigmatic waitress in a tiny Tokyo café, sparking an epic journey across Japan that will change everything, forever … a captivating, masterful novel with an extraordinary mystery at its heart…

‘Set against a tech heavy backdrop Beautiful S...
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Epiphany Jones

The disturbing, darkly funny, devastating debut thriller that everyone is talking about…

By Michael Grothaus

A traumatised young man forms a relationship with a young woman who believes she’s getting messages from God. Involuntarily entangled in the world of Hollywood sex-trafficking, they embark on a quest for revenge and redemption that will have devastating consequences…

‘Glori...

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