Danny King (author)
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Early life
Danny King was born in SloughSlough
Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...
, Berkshire. He is the second son of Michael James King, a bricklayer, and Dorothy May King. He and his two brothers, Ralph and Robin, lived on the Britwell
Britwell
Britwell is a residential housing estate and civil parish in the north west of Slough, Berkshire, in the south of England. It is about 23 miles west of London.The name Britwell derives from the old English beorhtan wiellan meaning 'bright, clear well'....
Estate until 1979, when they moved to Yateley
Yateley
Yateley is a suburban town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. It lies in the north-eastern corner of Hart District Council. It includes the settlements of Frogmore and Darby Green. It had a population of 21,011 according to the 2001 census...
, Hampshire. He attended Yateley School
Yateley School
Yateley School is the largest secondary school in North East Hampshire. The school teaches over 1500 students aged 11 – 16, and the attached sixth form college caters for ages 16–18. The school has Arts College status. The school had its latest Ofsted Report in 2010.Yateley School contains three ...
but failed to gain any qualifications before leaving at the age of 16. He stacked shelves for a short stint in the Yateley branch of Somerfield
Somerfield
Somerfield was a chain of small to medium sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth largest food retailer. The name is currently being phased out and replaced by the...
(then Gateway), before working on various building sites as a hod carrier.
In 1991 he took an Access course
Access course
The Access to Higher Education Diploma is a qualification which prepares students - usually mature students, although the minimum age to be able to study for an access diploma is actually nineteen - for study as an undergraduate at university...
at Farnborough College of Technology
Farnborough College of Technology
Farnborough College of Technology, often abbreviated to FCOT or FCT, is a college located in the town of Farnborough, Hampshire in the South East of England...
, which helped him land a place at The London College of Printing studying journalism. Between 1993 and 2002 he worked on various magazine titles, eventually becoming Editor of the Paul Raymond Publications
Paul Raymond Publications
Paul Raymond Publications is a British men's softcore pornography publisher which releases ten pornographic magazine titles each month; Escort, Club International, Just Girls, Mayfair, Men Only, Men's World, Razzle, Swing Mag, Club DVD and Escort DVD.Paul Raymond had launched his first magazine,...
title Mayfair (magazine)
Mayfair (magazine)
Mayfair is a British adult magazine for men. Founded in 1965, it was designed as a response to U.S. magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse, which had recently launched in the UK. For many years it claimed the largest distribution of any men's magazine in the UK.-Fisk Publishing era:Mayfair was...
. He now writes full-time.
In the late 1980s, he was arrested several times and convicted of burglary
Burglary
Burglary is a crime, the essence of which is illicit entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offense. Usually that offense will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary...
at Winchester Crown Court
Winchester Crown Court
Winchester Crown Court is a law court in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is owned and operated by HMCS. The most high profile case to be heard there was the Rose West murder trial in 1995....
and car theft at Camberley
Camberley
Camberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...
Magistrates Court. It is largely due to receiving these convictions that he sites as his reasons for giving education a second go.
Personal life
He married Jeannette Susan Crockett in March 2007 and they live in Chichester, West Sussex with their son, Charlie and daughter, Katie.Books
- The Burglar Diaries - published by Serpent's TailSerpent's TailSerpent's Tail is a British independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Pete Ayrton. It is notable for its translated works, particularly European crime fiction, and is the British publisher of Elfriede Jelinek and Lionel Shriver...
(2001) - The Bank Robber Diaries - published by Serpent's Tail (2002)
- The Hitman Diaries - published by Serpent's Tail (2003)
- The Pornographer Diaries - published by Serpent's Tail (2004)
- Milo's Marauders - published by Serpent's Tail (2005)
- Milo's Run - published by Serpent's Tail (2006)
- School for Scumbags - published by Serpent's Tail (2007)
- Blue Collar - published by Serpent's Tail (2009)
- More Burglar Diaries – published by Byker Books (2009)
- The Henchmen's Book Club – published on Kindle (2011)
- Infidelity for Beginners – published on Kindle (2011)
Film and television
- 2007 Thieves Like UsThieves Like Us (TV Series)Thieves Like Us is a six part BBC Three sitcom which was first broadcast in 2007, based on the book The Burglar Diaries.It follows the lives of Bex and Ollie, a pair of burglars who make their living by burgling factories, warehouses, offices and shops, and take work wherever they can find it.It is...
, six part sitcom adapted from his first book, The Burglar Diaries, with the BBC - 2011 Wild BillWild Bill (2011 film)Wild Bill is the directorial debut of English actor, Dexter Fletcher.Set in East London, the story revolves around Bill Hayward , a prisoner of eight years out on parole. Returning home, he finds his 15 and 11 year old sons, Dean and Jimmy abandoned by their mother and living alone...
, feature film co-written with Dexter FletcherDexter FletcherDexter Fletcher is an English actor. He is best known for his role in Guy Ritchie film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as television roles in such shows as the dramedy Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show...
.
Stage
- The Pornographer Diaries, adapted from his book of the same name. It was produced by Have a Word Productions (Kate McCarthy) and played at the C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
during the 2007 Edinburgh FestivalEdinburgh FestivalThe Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
from August 1-27, starring Gary BeadleGary BeadleGary Beadle is an English actor, best known for playing Paul Trueman in EastEnders and Gary Barwick in Operation Good Guys....
, Jessica Harris (actress)Jessica Harris (actress)- Background :Jessica Harris was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England to Miles and Jo Harris. She grew up in the nearby towns of Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall, and attended Calder High School in Mytholmroyd. She graduated from the Calderdale College in Halifax with a National Diploma in...
and David Swire. - The Hitman Diaries, translated (Killlera Dienasgrāmata) and adapted for the stage by J. J. Jillinger and performed by the LiepājaLiepajaLiepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
Teatris (Theatre) Company in LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
from 2007 to 2011. Literary Director Edite Tisheizere.