He is best known for his Benson trilogy of novels, about a young man growing up Catholic and homosexual.
After attending Aberystwyth and Oxford universities, and training at International House World Organisation in London, he spent twenty years teaching English as a Foreign Language primarily in the Arab world.
He mentors for Crossing Borders, a project to encourage African writers.
[3] Carson released a collection of short stories in 1993, Serving Suggestions, published by Victor Gollancz (ISBN 0-552-99586-X), which includes "The Punishment of Luxury".
[4] Fifty short stories by Michael Carson have also featured on BBC Radio Four.