{{Short description|British newspaper editor and author}} {{distinguish|Mike Malloy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Mike Molloy | image = | caption = | birth_name = Michael Molloy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age text|22 December 1940}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Author<br/>Newspaper editor (formerly) }}
'''Michael Molloy''' (born 22 December 1940) is a British [[author]] and former [[newspaper editor]] and [[cartoonist]]. He's also an accomplished painter, exhibiting in galleries across the UK and the [[South of France]], and remains drawn to art as a deep creative passion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Molloy |url=https://www.bymikemolloy.com/new-page}}</ref>
==Biography== Born in Perivale, Molloy studied at Ealing Junior School and the [[Ealing School of Art]] before working at the ''[[Sunday Pictorial]]'' followed by the ''[[Daily Sketch]]'', where he began drawing [[cartoon]]s. In 1962, he joined the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', where he rose through the ranks until in 1975 he became editor.<ref name="cartoon">{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/mikemolloy/biography|title=Biography: Mike Molloy|publisher=[[University of Kent]] British Cartoon Archive|year=2011|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref>
In 1985, [[Robert Maxwell]] appointed Molloy [[Editor-in-Chief]] of the ''Daily Mirror'', ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' and ''[[The Sunday People|The People]]'', where he introduced colour printing.<ref name="cartoon"/> From 1986 to 1988, he additionally edited the ''Sunday Mirror''.<ref name="exed">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-6146550.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507025507/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/inside-story-the-exeditors-files-6146550.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 May 2012|title=Inside Story: The ex-editors' files|first=Sophie|last=Morris|work=The Independent|date=9 May 2005 |location=London|issn=0951-9467|oclc=185201487|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref>
From 1985 to 1995, Molloy wrote seven crime [[fiction]] books set in England, four featuring Sarah Keane and three featuring Lewis Home.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
In 1990, Molloy left the Mirror Group, and in 1996 he bought ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' on behalf of [[Mohammed Al Fayed]]. He became its deputy editor, but left after six issues.<ref name="cartoon"/>
After retiring from the newspaper industry, he began writing children's [[fantasy]] novels.<ref name="exed"/>
In 2003, he was shortlisted for the [[Stockton Children's Book of the Year]], while in 2007, he was shortlisted for the [[Hampshire Book Award]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
Molloy married Sandy Foley in 1964 and they have three daughters, Jane (an interiors stylist), Kate (a journalist) and Alexandra (a writer).{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
==Published books== *''The Century'' *''The Witch Trade'' *''The Wild West Witches'' *''The Time Witches'' *''[[The House on Falling Star Hill]]'' *''Peter Raven under Fire'' *''The Black Dwarf'' *''Cat's Paw'' *''Dogsbody'' *''Harlot of Jericho'' *''Home Before Dark'' *''The Kid from Riga'' *''Sweet Sixteen'' *''Experiencing the World's Religions''
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