Michael Crummey is a Canadian poet and a writer of historical fiction, born on November 18, 1965. He is renowned for his work which often draws on the history and landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Crummey grew up in Buchans, Newfoundland, and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family in the late 1970s. He pursued his higher education with an uncertain career path but found his passion in writing during his first year at university. Just before graduating with a BA in English, he won the Gregory Power Poetry Award, a prize that gave him the mistaken impression there was money to be made in poetry.

In 1996, Crummey published a collection of poems titled Arguments with Gravity, followed by Hard Light in 1998. That year also saw the publication of his collection of short stories, Flesh and Blood, and his nomination for the Journey Prize. He continues to have a profound impact on Canadian literature.

Notably, Crummey won the 2025 International Dublin Literary Award.