Dan Walker was born in Crawley in West Sussex in 1977.
He is a TV broadcaster and anchor of BBC1's Breakfast, and hosted BBC1's award-winning Football Focus for twelve years until 2021.
He participated in series 19 of Strictly Come Dancing in 2021.
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.