Richard Platt (born 15 April 1953) is a British writer of nonfiction and information books and multimedia works, primarily for children.
By 1992 he had begun writing non-fiction books for children, initially collaborating with Stephen Biesty in a successful series that capitalized on the illustrator's facility for cross-sectional drawings.
Most have been for children and young people, though he also writes books for adults on maritime themes, especially smuggling.
He sees the good, the bad and the ugly, which educates the reader on historical issues of piracy.
Platt continued the series of 64-page first-person journals with Walker and illustrator David Parkins.