Michael Gerard Bauer (born 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian full-time children's and young adult author, and was formerly an English teacher.
In 2003, Bauer won the inaugural Writesmall Short Story competition at the Brisbane Writers Festival.
In 2008 it won the German Catholic Youth Book Award for promoting Christian values in children's literature.
It was short-listed for the Children's Peace Literature Award in 2011 and the CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers category in 2012.
A spin-off comedy series for younger readers featuring the character Secret Agent Derek 'Danger' Dale followed.
In May 2016 a young adult comedy novel was released entitled, The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me.
Bauer's works have been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Korean, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, Turkish, Portuguese, Chinese and Polish and are sold in over forty countries.