Danny Scott

Danny Scott is a freelance writer and journalist. He grew up in an East Midlands mining village, serving his apprenticeship as an engineer on leaving school, before moving to London in the 1980s. After a job in counter (industrial) espionage, he became a private investigator, then a painter and decorator, then an engineer again, before becoming a journalist and interviewing people like Sir Paul McCartney, Mikhail Gorbachev, Usain Bolt and Dave Hill from Slade. He lives in Essex with his wife and their young son.

His memoir, The Undisputed King of Selston (John Murray), was published in June 2025.

Books by Danny Scott