AWARD-WINNING author
WRITING coach
PODCAST HOST
WRITING COACH - AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR - PODCAST HOST
I’m Maddison Michaels — an award-winning, multi-published Australian author of historical romance and suspense, a certified life coach, NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist, and the creator and host of the Write the Darn Book podcast.
I write Sexy History with a Dash of Mystery — emotionally rich love stories layered with intrigue, tension, and suspense.
My debut novel, The Devilish Duke, won the 2019 Romance Writers of Australia RUBY Award, with finalist nominations in the years that followed. My stories are shaped by my 17-year career as a police officer, prosecutor, and leadership educator, where I developed a deep understanding of human behaviour, motivation, and emotional resilience.
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about maddison
Welcome
I’ve always believed that writing a book isn’t just something you do — it’s something you become.
And yet, for many years, I lived in the space between feeling deeply called to write… and struggling to consistently finish, even while under publishing contracts. That tension — between creative calling and creative resistance — became the catalyst for everything I do now.
Through mindset work, NLP, emotional regulation, and intuitive creative alignment, I learned how to stop forcing the process and start trusting it. When that shift happened, everything changed — including writing 120,000 words in six weeks from flow, not pressure.
WHy I do this work
- One of my hobbies is lock picking - which I originally took up to experience what some of my heroines get to do!!
- I was a sergeant in the police for 18 years - not sure if that's so fun, though early in my career on night shift, I did get to swing on a flying fox... lol
- I always start my day with a cup of liquid gold... coffee of course!! And using some beautiful organic coffee beans from the beautiful Northern Rivers of NSW!!
Fun Facts About Me
- Break through writer’s block and procrastination
- Release fear, perfectionism, and self-doubt
- Reconnect with their creativity and intuition
- Build sustainable writing rhythms
- And finally finish the book they’re meant to write
If you’re ready to explore this work more deeply, I invite you to step into the Write the Darn Book podcast — where each episode blends mindset tools, intuitive guidance, and practical support to help you move from stuck to finished.
write the darn book podcast
Alongside the podcast, I work with writers through 1:1 coaching and my signature framework, The Write the Darn Book™ Method — a mindset-first, creativity-supported journey designed to help you overcome writer’s block, release fear and self-doubt, build a strong writer identity, and finish your manuscript with clarity and confidence.
This work is gentle but powerful, structured but intuitive — and grounded in both lived author experience and proven mindset tools.
FOR WRITERS
✨ Explore coaching & support
- You’re not broken because writing feels hard.
- Resistance doesn’t mean you’re failing — it means something important is asking for your attention.
- Your story has a soul… and your job is to listen.
- Writing becomes sustainable when it feels safe, supported, and aligned.
- Finishing a book isn’t just a creative achievement — it’s an identity shift.
- And most of all, you don’t have to walk this journey alone.
You don't have to walk this journey alone
What I believe about Writing
And you don’t have to walk this journey alone
I write historical romance and suspense designed to sweep you away — stories filled with passion, intrigue, and mystery, where the emotional journey matters just as much as the twists and turns.
Whether you’ve been with me since The Devilish Duke or you’re discovering my books for the first time, I hope my stories give you that delicious sense of escape… and the satisfaction of a mystery well told.
✨ Explore my novels
for my readers
Maddison's Books
Whether you’re here to lose yourself in a story,
or you’re feeling called to finally write one of your own —
you’re in the right place.
✨ Let’s follow the story — wherever it’s calling you next.
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