Michael Dean

Michael Dean is a freelance writer based in Colchester, England, best known for English Language Teaching (ELT) materials.

He has written course books, skills series and supplementary materials for publishers including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Pearson/Longman, including graded-reader titles such as "New York Café" and "The Mummy" (Oxford Bookworms), "A Ghost in Love and Other Plays," "English Grammar Lessons," and "Write It: Writing Skills for Intermediate Learners of English."

He also adapted George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" as a Level 4 title for the Penguin Readers graded-reader series. Dean has written course materials for markets including the Arab world, Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, Germany and Eastern Europe, and has also written for television.