Dan Walker was born in Crawley in West Sussex in 1977.
He is a TV broadcaster and anchor of BBC1's Breakfast. He also hosts BBC1's award-winning Football Focus and regularly presents Match of the Day.
Dan's previous books are Dan Walker's Thronkersaurus: Football's Finest Tales and Magic, Mud & Maradona.
He lives in Sheffield with his wife, three children and Winnie the dog.