Mikael Torfason was born in Reykjavik in 1974. He has worked as an Editor in Chief of both newspapers and magazines in Iceland as well as directing the film Gemsar which he also wrote. The film was nominated for Best Picture in Scandinavia in 2002.

Made in Iceland (Vormenn Íslands) is Torfason´s fifth novel. His fourth novel, Samuel, was nomiated for The Icelandic Literature Prize and his third novel, The Worlds Stupidiest Dad, was nominated for The Nordic Literature Prize as well as the DV Literature Prize.

Mikael Torfason´s books have been published in Denmark, Finland, Germany and Lithuania.

Mikael Torfason fæddist árið 1974. Hann hefur ritstýrt blöðum og tímaritum og leikstýrt kvikmyndinni Gemsar, sem tilnefnd var sem Besta mynd Norðurlanda árið 2002.

Vormenn Íslands er fimmta skáldsaga Mikaels. Síðasta bók hans, Samúel, var tilnefnd til Bókmenntaverðlauna Íslands og bókin þar á undan, Heimsins heimskasti pabbi, var bæði tilnefnd til Bókmenntaverðlauna Norðurlandaráðs og Menningarverðlauna DV.

Bækur Mikaels eru gefnar út í Danmörku, Finlandi, Þýskalandi og Litháen.