Real name: Michael Andrew Cox

Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 1978

Born: 23rd October 1948 Northamptonshire, England
Died: 31st March 2009
English musician, editor & author. Michael Cox recorded under the alias Matthew Ellis after being approached by producer Jerry Dane and later recorded an album under another alias, Obie Clayton. Went on to work for Oxford University Press as an editor. His first novel The Meaning of Night went on to become an international best-seller.