Mike Safe Mike Safe i(A18250 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Last Long Drop Mike Safe , Paddington : Impact Press , 2017 11561162 2017 single work novel

'When Johno Harcourt is shown the door at his high-profile newspaper job, he must ponder what to do with the rest of his life.

'Finding solace among his surfing and musician friends around Bondi Beach and dealing with ongoing dramas from his high-achieving family, he lands the prize job of ghostwriting the autobiography of Australia’s leading, ageing movie star, Mike Vargas.

'Charismatic, confident and still a mad keen surfer, Vargas quickly befriends Johno, and they spend days surfing, drinking and talking about his life. But as Johno digs deeper into the story, secrets from Vargas’ past begin to come to light, forcing Johno to realise he may know nothing about the man he is writing about, and catapulting him into a mysterious new world of scandal and celebrity.' (Publication summary)

1 I Just Wanted to Swim Mike Safe , 2008 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 8-9 March 2008; (p. 16-19)
1 Places in the Heart Mike Safe , 2007 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 20-21 October 2007; (p. 18-23)
Mike Safe asks 'well-known Australians about their childhood homes'. His subjects are Liz Ellis, Bettina Liano, William McInnes and Leigh Redhead.
1 Almost Famous Mike Safe , 2007 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 14-15 April 2007; (p. 14-17)
1 2 y separately published work icon Remembering Amy : Amy Gillett, the Girl Who Never Gave Up Mike Safe , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1311246 2006 single work biography
1 Why Has This Hollywood Director Taken 25 Years to Adapt a Classic Australian Novel? Mike Safe , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 23-24 April 2005; (p. 26-31)
Traces the decades-long saga of turning White's novel Voss into a film. American director Stuart Cooper plans to begin filming Voss in Australia in 2006.
1 Hello : Andy Griffiths : Children's Author Mike Safe , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 31 July - 1 August 2004; (p. 11)
1 Miss Fiona's Feeling for Surf Mike Safe , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 4-5 October 2003; (p. 24-25)
1 One in a Million Mike Safe , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 19-20 April 2003; (p. 18-21)
1 Poetry in Motion Mike Safe , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 28-29 April 2001; (p. 17-19)
1 Suburban Saint Mike Safe , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 23-24 September 2000; (p. 24-25)
1 Raymond Chandler's Australian Love Affair Mike Safe , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 28-29 January 1995; (p. 10-17)
1 The Wizard of Oz Mike Safe , 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 22-23 April 1995; (p. 18-19,21)
1 Inside the Mixed-Up World of Real Men Mike Safe , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 16 July 1994; (p. 12-14,16)
1 Love's Labour Won Mike Safe , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 15-16 May 1993; (p. 16-18,25-26)
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