David Keith McGill (born 1 December 1942 in Auckland) is a New Zealand writer and publisher.
[2] McGill spent his early childhood in Matata, Bay of Plenty where his father was employed by the New Zealand Post Office.
[4] McGill has said that he was inspired to start writing by his father and his first effort was a diary "in Form Two year" (he was 12) while on holiday at Waiheke Island.
[2] McGill received his secondary education from the Christian Brothers at St Peter's College, Grafton (1953-1957).
They had a fantastic snooker room with a fullsize table and lots of brass, oak and mahogany.
He also worked in a wool store, and for the Gear Meat Company and became a seagull, a non-registered waterside worker.
[6] He worked as a journalist for the NZ Listener, TV Times (London) and The Bulletin (Sydney).
He has since 1990 been a full-time non-fiction writer covering a very broad range of New Zealand subjects from, for example, ethnic history to architecture.