George Foy's House

He is a French-American novelist and magazine journalist. He has published 12 novels, seven under his own name and five under the nom de plume G.F. Michelsen. Until February 2010, the author kept secret the Michelsen persona’s real identity.

he Michelsen novels address corporate and political trends in the here and now. Hard Bottom describes the struggles of a commercial fisherman on Cape Cod whose landscape and livelihood are being wiped out by policies beyond his control. To Sleep With Ghosts concerns corruption and poverty in an east African country (Foy specialized in African politics at London School of Economics). Mettle’s flawed hero captains an oceangoing freighter whose crew is breaking up under pressure from their corporate bosses, while a flaw in its steel threatens the structure of the ship itself.