Michael Sharples (born 14 December 1952 in Sale, England) is a British academic working in educational technology.

Hons in Computational Science, then moved to the Dept of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh as a post graduate student.

His PhD thesis was on the topic of Cognition, Computers and Creative Writing.

[4] Sharples' research focus is on adapting and developing new technology and socio-technical systems to facilitate learning, such as the use of mobile devices.

A review of the book in Science described it as "a readable, engaging, and instructive introduction to the mechanisms according to which computers have been made to produce “stories".