Mike published his first novel with Hard Echo Press in 1986. Since then he has published twelve novels and three books of poetry. Mike founded Lasavia Publishing in 2015. He worked as a lecturer in the Masters of Creative Writing programs both Auckland and AUT University.Mike Johnson was born in Canterbury, New Zealand, and never quite recovered...Make up a history, a cut up of a life. Create a Mike Johnson out of these selected raw materials. A plausible self, complete with personal details - I am a fictional character I have enlisted over the years for the purpose of writing these mini biographies. I've made up this character called Mike Johnson who spent his life with words and who writes books and blogs.