Michel Verne

Born in Paris on August 3, 1861, Michel Verne was the only son of Jules Verne. He became a writer and editor in his own right, though his life and reputation have long been tied to his father’s towering fame.

He is best known for adventure novels such as The Lighthouse at the End of the World, The Golden Volcano, and The Thompson Travel Agency. After Jules Verne’s death, Michel helped prepare several posthumous works for publication, which made him an important figure in preserving and shaping how later readers encountered the Verne name.

Michel Verne died in Toulon on March 5, 1925. Today he is remembered both as a novelist with a lively taste for travel and suspense and as a key, sometimes debated, guardian of one of literature’s most famous imaginative legacies.