Michael Stephen Botur (born 8 March 1984) is a New Zealand author described as "one of the most original story writers of his generation in New Zealand."[1] As a journalist, he has published longform news articles in VICE World News, NZ Listener, New Zealand Herald, Herald on Sunday, Sunday Star-Times, The Spinoff, Mana and North & South.[2] His short fiction and poetry has been published in most New Zealand literary journals including Landfall, Poetry New Zealand and Newsroom.[3] In 2023 he founded the mentoring service Creative Writing Northland.[4]