Books By David McKie - Author

David McKie is a former political reporter, deputy editor, chief leader writer and columnist (‘Elsewhere’ and ‘Smallweed’) for the Guardian, which he joined in 1965. Born in London in 1935, he grew up in London and Leeds, read history at Oriel College, Oxford and started in newspapers with the Oxford Mail. After the Guardian, he turned to writing books, which have included Jabez: the Rise and Fall of a Victorian Rogue (shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Award); Great British Bus Journeys; and McKie’s Gazetteer. David McKie lives in Sutton, Surrey.