Mike Pattenden is a journalist who once wrote for "Commodore User", a now defunct computer magazine for the Commodore 64. It was once stated by another writer for that magazine that "he likes expensive Japanese nosh".

He is the author of a biography of The Beautiful South entitled Last Orders at the Liars Bar.

He also wrote a book about Sonic the Hedgehog, called Stay Sonic: Official Sega Handbook.