Douglas Thompson

Literary Agent: Eugenie Furniss

Douglas Thompson is the Sunday Times bestselling author of many non-fiction books covering an eclectic mix of subjects from major Hollywood biographies to revelatory bestsellers about remarkable people and events. Four of his books are at present being developed for global television, another for film in Hollywood. His collaboration, Devil’s Coin, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association (CWA) 2024 Golden Dagger for non-fiction. With Christine Keeler, he wrote her revealing memoir The Truth At Last. That instant bestseller was revised as Secrets and Lies: The Trials of Christine Keeler and the audio version recorded by actress Sophie Cookson who played Christine to critical acclaim in the successful BBC television series. His works, published in a dozen languages, include the television-based anthology Hollywood People, and a worldwide selling biographies of Clint Eastwood, Madonna and John Travolta. He collaborated with Michael Flatley on the bestseller Lord of the Dance. Recent successes include Inside Out: The Extraordinary Legacy of April Ashley which was named a London Daily Telegraph 2024 Book of the Year He divides his time between a medieval Suffolk village and California, where he lived as a Fleet Street correspondent and columnist for more than twenty years.