David John Profumo, FRSL (born 20 October 1955), is an English novelist.
He was Assistant Master of English at Eton in 1978 and at Shrewsbury School from 1978 to 1979.
He then became part-time lecturer of English at King's College London, from 1981 to 1983 and Deputy Editor of Fiction Magazine from 1982 to 1984.
[2] Profumo married BBC Television producer[3] Helen Fraser, daughter of Alasdair Fraser, former Consultant Gynaecologist at St Mary's Hospital, on 22 March 1979 at St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London.
Profumo's 2006 family memoir, Bringing the House Down, covered the scandal brought about by his father's affair with Christine Keeler.