Michael Ellah
@michaelellah
About
After The Judas Factor wasaccepted for publication by Spectrum Books Ltd in 1987 and contracts enteredinto between the author and the publisher, delays and cancellation were thefirst obstacles faced by the novel on its journey to publication. Thereafter inthe course of twenty five years from 1987 to 2012 the publication of this novelwas impeded by the loss of the only existing copy of this exciting novel andother works of fiction by the author including The Cross and the Crescent(whichis still lost).It's recent discovery by the authors children who had not beenborn at the time it was written dictated its immediate publication in order toallow a wider audience the appreciation of a compelling unique story set inmodern Nigeria and reflecting a unique insight into the intrigues of a cast ofcharacters destined to pay for their actions in the a story steeped inbetrayal and retribution. Michael Elemchukwu Ellah is a lawyer born in 1962 inEnugu Nigeria to Francis John and Patricia Ireju Ellah. He is the youngest oftheir three sons. He was educated at Mayfield College, Mayfield East SussexEngland and The University of Kent at Canterbury England where he graduatedwith a first degree in law in 1983, he was called to the bar and enrolled as a solicitorof the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1984.He is married to Patricia ChinyereEllah and they have three daughters. He lives in Port-Harcourt, practices law and writes fiction.
