Michael Haley

Brief Biography for Michael Haley

Michael Haley was born and raised in Essex and considers himself to be a true Essex man. By 2021 he had lived in the County Town of Chelmsford for 41 years. His working life was spent in computers and telecommunications.

He bought his first "proper" guitar, a 12-string acoustic, in 1968. He taught himself to play, and intends to carry on doing so until he gets it right. He has been writing poems, songs and short stories since he was 18.

Michael currently lives with his partner Nicole in Chelmsford, but expects to be moving out of his beloved Essex to Sudbury in Suffolk within the next few months. He has a daughter Michelle, and two grandsons Callum and Connor. He has been an ardent fan of Chelmsford City Football Club for over 20 years, and has been a regular attendee at many local writing groups.

His favourite poets are the songwriters Bob Dylan and Roy Harper.

You can find out more about Michael by googling his website "Redberryash"

Most of his creative emphasis up to 2012 had been in writing songs, but then "Chelmsford 2012 - Many Hearts One Mind" was published as his first novel. There are a number of very favourable reviews.

There was a follow up novel called "First City of Essex" which completed the story begun in the first novel.

Reviews available.

Since then he has had a number of other books published:-

"An Idea Appeared" is a little book of Michael's poems

ISBN 978-1-910330-64-1 (Poetry)

"Turning Over Stones" is a compilation of Michael's work covering the period from the 1960's up to 1998.

ISBN: 978-1-911044-46-8

(Poems, Song Lyrics, Stories and Recording History)

Reviews available.

"Angel’s Rainbow" An inspirational novel.

It's about Life and Death, It's about Heaven and Earth,

It's about Time and Space, It's about Truth and Faith,

It's about Tragedy and Salvation, It's about Reality and Magic,

It's about the Beginning and the End,

It's about History and the Here and Now,

It's about the Past, the Present, and the Future,

It's about Ordinary people and Famous people,

It's about Rights and Wrongs, It's about You and Me

It's about Angels, It's not about Religion

ISBN 978-1-912192-44-1 (Novel)

Reviews available.

"A Little Collection of Short Stories" which is exactly what it says on the tin.

ISBN: 978-1-913264-17-8 (Stories and Poems)

"Tall Words on a Wall" is a compilation of Michael's work covering the period from the 1998 to 2004.

ISBN: 978-1-913833-10-7

(Poems, Song Lyrics, Stories and Recording History)

"The Old Dog and Duck Chronicles" is a short novel portraying characters in a pub expounding their personal views about the world and current events such as Brexit and Covid. It is completely and absolutely politically incorrect.

ISBN: 978-1-914165-10-4

Michael is currently working on a number of new projects including:

"Tangles, Twists and Turns"

This will be what Michael says is his first and last attempt at a "Whodunnit". Agatha Christie beware!

Coming Shortly

"Walls came Tumbling Down"

This will be a compilation of Michael's work covering the period from the 2004 to the present day.

(Poems, Song Lyrics, Stories and Recording History)

Coming Shortly