Michael Fitzgerald Page AM (2 February 1922 – 3 November 2014) was a British-born Australian writer, editor, advertising executive, World War II veteran and merchant sailor.
For his "services to the book publishing industry and to literature as a writer, and through the encouragement and support of upcoming Australian authors" he was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1999.
His father Commander Sherwood Page VRD was a merchant mariner and Great War Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve officer.
His older brother Charles was an officer in the Berkshire Regiment and served in India, Burma and the South-West Pacific during the Second World War.
Michael Page was educated at Teignmouth, South Devon,[3] and began training as a Merchant Navy signals officer and was at sea by the outbreak of the Second World War.
In 1999 he was made a member of the Order of Australia for "services to the book publishing industry and to literature as a writer, and through the encouragement and support of upcoming Australian authors".