Born in 1969, Matt Whyman grew up in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and has an MA from the UEA Creative Writing course (1992) taught by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.
He has written widely for all ages across a range of subjects in fiction and non-fiction, notably Boy Kills Man (2004), a critically acclaimed story of Colombian child assassins which is published in translation around the world, the bestselling comic memoir Walking With Sausage Dogs (2011) and The Unexpected Genius of Pigs (2018).
He went on to hold a 10-year residency as AOL UK's online agony uncle,[1] and for 18 years at Bliss Magazine from 1996 until its closure in 2014.
[3] As well as teaching creative writing across the UK, and for the British Council in Russia, Mexico,[4] Africa[5] and the Middle East,[6] Whyman is an established ghostwriter and collaborative author.
In the latter role, he has worked on books with Billy Connolly (Tracks Across America, 2016), Charles Eugster (Age is Just a Number 2017), Matthew Syed (You are Awesome, 2018) and Gareth Southgate (Anything is Possible, 2020) among others.