 John Michael "Mike" Butterworth was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He was an author, editor, and comic book writer. He trained as an artist and worked for a short time as a tutor in drawing at Nottingham College of Art. Shortly before his death, he legally changed his name to Michael Marlowe. He is the creator of 'Tina May', a celebrity pathologist and television show hostess (under the pseudonym 'Sarah Kemp'). |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Tina May' Novels (as Sarah Kemp) | |
| 1) No Escape | 1985 |
| 2) Lure of Sweet Death | 1986 |
| 3) What Dread Hand? | 1987 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Soundless Scream | 1967 |
| 2) Walk Softly in Fear | 1968 |
| 3) Vanishing Act (US Title: The Uneasy Sun [1970]) | 1970 |
| 4) Flowers for a Dead Witch | 1971 |
| 5) The Black Look | 1972 |
| 6) Villa on the Shore | 1973 |
| 7) The Man in the Sopwith Camel | 1974 |
| 8) Festival! | 1976 |
| 9) Remains to Be Seen | 1976 |
| 10) X Marks the Spot | 1978 |
| 11) The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | 1983 |
| 12) A Virgin on the Rocks | 1985 |
| 13) The Five Million Dollar Prince | 1986 |
| As 'William Dobson' | |
| 1) The Child Player | 1981 |
| 2) The Ripper | 1981 |
| As 'Sarah Kemp' | |
| 1) Goodbye, Pussy (US Title: Over the Edge [1979]) | 1979 |
| As 'Carola Salisbury' | |
| 1) Mallion's Pride (US Title: The Pride of the Trevallions [1974]) | 1974 |
| 2) Dark Inheritance | 1975 |
| 3) The Dolphin Summer | 1977 |
| 4) The Winter Bride | 1978 |
| 5) The Shadowed Spring | 1980 |
| 6) Count Vronsky's Daughter | 1981 |
| 7) An Autumn in Araby | 1983 |
| 8) Daisy Friday | 1984 |
| 9) A Certain Splendour | 1985 |
| 10) The Woman in Grey | 1987 |