Mikhailov Vladimir Dmitrievich (24 April 1929, Moscow — 28 September 2008, Moscow) — writer.

In 1945 Vladimir Mikhailov moved to Riga. He studied at the Faculties of Law and Philology of the University of Latvia. He served as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Literatūra un Māksla (“Literature and Art”), editor-in-chief of the journal Daugava, and head of the editorial office for contemporary fiction at the Liesma publishing house. He was the author of humorous poems and satirical short stories. In 1963 he published his first science-fiction novella, A Special Necessity (Особая необходимость). He wrote more than twenty books. He also translated prose and poetry from Latvian.

Selected works:

People of the Lowlands (Люди Приземелья). Riga, 1966;

Alone on the Road (Один на дороге). Riga, 1988;

Full Tank on Issora (Полная заправка на Иссоре). Moscow, 1994.