About

David Goodman is an award-winning author of thriller and speculative fiction, including the Legends series of espionage novels. His debut novel A RELUCTANT SPY was released by Headline Books in 2024. The sequel SOLITARY AGENTS is forthcoming in 2026.

A RELUCTANT SPY won the McDermid Debut Award and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize in 2025. It is also shortlisted for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. The book has been optioned for television by Carnival Films.

David also writes speculative fiction as David W. Goodman, with seven short stories and novellas currently in print magazines, anthologies, online and audio.

David was born and brought up in Edinburgh and East Lothian, before living and working in Aberdeen and London. Over the course of his career he's been an officer cadet reservist, barista, accounts payable clerk, IT consultant, copywriter, digital project manager, outdoor skills instructor and now user experience designer for a major UK bank. Throughout, reading and writing have been and remain his twin obsessions. He now lives in East Lothian with his wife Valerie.

David is represented by Harry Illingworth at DHH Literary for his literary work, and Emily Hayward-Whitlock of The Artist's Partnership for film and television.

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