Michael Gifkins (1945 – 2014) wakilin wallafe-wallafen kasar New Zealand ne, marubucin gajeren labari, mai suka, mawallafi da edita. An haifi Gifkins a Wellington, kasar New Zealand a cikin 1945. Ya halarci Jami'ar Auckland inda daga baya ya koyar da adabin Turanci. A matsayin wakilin wallafe-wallafe, Gifkins ya wakilci yawancin manyan marubutan kasar New Zealand, ciki har da Lloyd Jones da Greg McGee . A matsayin wakilin wallafe-wallafen Jones, Gifkins ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin nasarar kasa da kasa a labari da kuma fim na Jones' novel Mister Pip Gifkins ya rubuta tarin gajerun labarai guda uku: Bayan juyin juya hali (1982), Summer Is the Cote d'Azur (1987) da The Amphibians (1989). Ya kuma gyara tare da buga litattafai da dama, wanda ya fara da dakin wayar Gramophone (tare da CK Stead a cikin 1983) da Gajerun Labarai na Sauraro 3 (1984). Gifkins shine Marubuci cikin a Jami'ar Auckland a cikin 1983, Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellow a Menton, Faransa, a cikin 1985, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Lilian Ida Smith don almara a cikin 1989.