Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis hails from west Wales, where his family have farmed for generations.

Having joined his local newspaper straight from school, he proceeded to work on a number of national titles in London.

A lifelong rock and pop music fan, in the 1990s he co-authored biographies on Scott Walker and Syd Barrett, of Pink Floyd.

Mike later worked as The Sunday Telegraph boxing correspondent, covering the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008.

His debut novel ‘If God Will Spare My Life…’ was published by Victorian Press in 2021.

His second novel, The Icarus Ascent: Ghosts of the Matterhorn examines the tragic first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, as seen through the eyes of Edward Whymper’s ill-fated party.