Martin Michael Driessen is a Dutch opera and theater director, translator, and writer.

He made his debut in 1999 with the novel Gars, followed by Vader van God (Father of God, 2012) and Een ware held (A True Hero, 2013), both of which were broadly reviewed and nominated for literary prizes.

In 2015 his novel Lizzie, written with the highly acclaimed and prize-nominated poet Liesbeth Lagemaat, was published under the pseudonym Eva Wanjek.

Rivieren (Rivers) was awarded the prestigious ECI Literature Prize (formerly the AKO) in 2016. His latest novel, De pelikaan (The Pelican), was published in 2017. His work has been translated into English, Italian, German, and Hungarian.

Martin Michael Driessen (1954) is opera- en toneelregisseur, vertaler en schrijver. Hij debuteerde in 1999 met de roman Gars. In 2012 volgde Vader van God en in 2013 Een ware held, alle door de pers bejubeld en voor literaire prijzen genomineerd. Zijn werk is vertaald in het Italiaans, Duits en Hongaars. In 2015 verscheen de omvangrijke roman Lizzie, geschreven in samenwerking met de dichteres Liesbeth Lagemaat.