Matt Whyman

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Matt Whyman
Born1969 (age 56–57)
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Occupationnovelist
NationalityEnglish
Period1993–present
GenreYoung adult fiction
Notable worksBoy Kills Man
Website
www.mattwhyman.com

Matt Whyman is a British novelist and non-fiction writer, formerly known for his work as an advice columnist for numerous teenage magazines.

Biography

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Born in 1969, Matt Whyman grew up in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, and has an MA from the UEA Creative Writing course (1992) taught by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain. He has written widely for all ages across a range of subjects in fiction and non-fiction, notably Boy Kills Man (2004), a critically acclaimed story of Colombian child assassins published in translation around the world. From January 2023 to July 2024, Whyman was embedded with the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team to write The Sunday Times Bestseller, Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane (2024)[1]

In 1995, Whyman became the first male advice columnist for 19 magazine. He went on to hold a 10-year residency as AOL UK's online agony uncle,[2] and for 18 years at Bliss Magazine from 1996 until its closure in 2014[3]. He has created many national health awareness campaigns for BBC Radio 1, CLIC Sargent,[4] Macmillan and Brook Advisory, written widely on teenage issues for the national press, and often appeared on radio and television in this role. In 1997, Whyman co-presented a series of ITV's cult Saturday morning sex and relationships show, Love Bites, and from 2011-2013 served as the resident agony uncle on BBC Radio 1's live advice show, The Surgery.[5]

As well as teaching creative writing across the UK, and for the British Council in Russia, Mexico,[6] Africa[7] and the Middle East,[8] Whyman is an established ghostwriter and collaborative author. In the latter role, he has worked on books with Billy Connolly (Tracks Across America, 2016), Charles Eugster (Age is Just a Number 2017), Matthew Syed (You are Awesome, 2018[9]) and Gareth Southgate (Anything is Possible, 2020[10]) among others. In 2015, he wrote the graphic novel Username: Evie, with the story provided by Joe Sugg, who was credited as the lead author of the work,[11] and with the art provided by Amrit Birdi, as well as two further titles, Username: Regenerated (2016) and Username: Uprising (2017). Whyman is also the author of The Nice & Accurate Good Omens TV Companion (2019)[12] to accompany the series, Good Omens, based upon the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and Our Planet, based on the Netflix series, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough[13].

Matt Whyman lives in West Sussex. He is married with four children.

Books

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Novels

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  • Man or Mouse (2000), Hodder Headline Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Columbia Road (2002) Hodder Headline Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Superhuman (2003), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Boy Kills Man (2004), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Wild (2005), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • So Below (2005), Simon & Schuster (republished as Street Runners in 2008) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Inside the Cage (2007), Simon & Schuster /Atheneum Books (as Icecore) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Goldstrike (2009), Simon & Schuster & Atheneum Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lazlo Strangolov's Feather & Bone (2009) Walker Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Lazlo Strangolov's Tooth & Claw (2011) Walker Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Battle Champions: Academy Attack (2013) Simon & Schuster (co-written as Jack Carson) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Battle Champions: Canyon Clash (2013) Simon & Schuster (co-written as Jack Carson) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Battle Champions: Swampland Slam (2013) Simon & Schuster co-written as Jack Carson) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Battle Champions: Terminal Takedown (2013) Simon & Schuster (co-written as Jack Carson) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Savages (2013) Hot Key Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • American Savage (2014) Hot Key Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Boy Kills Man Tenth Anniversary Edition (2014) Hot Key Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Bad Apple (2016) Hot Key Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Non-fiction

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  • Wise Guides: Smoking (2000), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Wise Guides: Drinking (2002), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • XY: A Toolkit for Life (2002), Hodder Children's Books (republished as Unzipped in 2007) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • XY100: 100 strategies for life (2004), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Wise Guides: Family Break Up (2005), Hodder Children's Books Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Oink / Pig in the Middle (2011) Hodder Headline Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Walking With Sausage Dogs (2012) Hodder Headline Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Unexpected Genius of Pigs (2018) HarperCollins Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Nice & Accurate Good Omens TV Companion (2019) Hodder Headline Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Our Planet (2019) HarperCollins Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Be More Sausage (2020) HarperCollins Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Failure is an Option (2022) Vertebrate Publishing Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Inside Mercedes F1 (2024) Penguin Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Short stories

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  • Visionary (1992) Minerva (published in New Writing 2 edited by Malcolm Bradbury & Andrew Motion) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • crusoe.com (2000) Hodder Headline (published in the NEL Book of Internet Short Stories edited by Maxim Jakubowski) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Enfemme (2001) HarperCollins (published in Girls' Night Out/Boys' Night In edited by Jessica Adams, Chris Manby & Fiona Walker) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Eleven Pipers Piping (2006) Virago (published in Twelve Days edited by Shelley Silas) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Eclipsed (2010) Walker Books (published in The Truth is Dead edited by Marcus Sedgwick) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Uplifted (2013) Hot Key Books (published in The Booby Trap edited by Dawn O'Porter) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Ghost Story (2014) Andersen Press (published in War Girls) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Eclipsed (2015) Oxford University Press (published in War & Conflict edited by Benjamin Hulme-Cross) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Prizes and awards

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References

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