Mikhail Yuryevich Tyrin (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Тырин; born October 23, 1970, in Meshchovsk, Kaluga Oblast[1]) is a Russian science fiction writer.

Year studied at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and then graduated from the philological faculty of Kaluga State University.

[1] He worked as a journalist, served in the field of internal affairs for a few years, as an employee of the press center of Kaluga Department of Internal Affairs, a member of the press center of the federal command in Chechnya (1995).

He retired with the rank of captain of the militia.

In the same year published the first book of The Shadow of the Patron Saint, awarded the Festival Aelita Prize (Start Award).