Michael E. Diaz, Author/psychotherapist

(previously Michael Pearson)

Publications/accolades/awards






IN the bottom of the bucket




Brother, sister/ sister, brother


and only I remain

“Diaz takes the two-schoolmates-dealing-with-their-gayness trope and shoots it into infinity. Daring and beautifully written.” James Penha



a halo, on fire for eternity



i do not belong here



Stir the porridge, knock the ceiling

BBC Radio, Broadcast, 2024




my tangential life

Five Minute Flash, Online Publication, 2023


michael e. Diaz (michael pearson)

contact@michaelediaz.com

I write fiction and personal essays about human movement and how we emotionally transform from one place to another. My work moves between the literary and the speculative, often circling masculinity, myth, grief, worship, erasure, and beauty, with broader explorations of class, sexuality, and adversity. I’m rarely interested in neat arcs – humans do not move in that way. I’m drawn towards how we carry the unresolved, and stories that blur genre and push against moral conclusions.

Currently completing my MA in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol, I’m seeking representation for a:

  • 70k speculative/horror literary fiction about repression and familial trauma (Completed)
  • 60k literary short story collection (Completed)
  • 60k literary fiction about the slow creep of eugenics
  • 14k (170 pages) trade non-fiction anxiety support book

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