Dan Richards

Dan Richards is a writer and broadcaster. His first book Holloway was a collaboration with Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood in 2012. Since then he has written four further books, The Beechwood Airship Interviews, Climbing Days<i>, Outpost, and Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark. His BBC Radio 4 series, Only After Dark, was broadcast to acclaim in 2022. Dan has written for the New York Times, Guardian, Economist, Esquire and Monocle. He lives in Edinburgh.
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'The height of crafted eloquence.' - SAMANTHA HARVEY


'Dan Richards' writing spans great gulfs of emotion and experience. He is witty and profound and his curiosity and empathy know no bounds. - PHILIP HOARE


'Dan Richards is a wonderful storyteller, wise, wry and open-hearted, the perfect travelling companion.' - MAX PORTER

'Vivid, funny and moving - a wonderful stylist' - SARAH PERRY