Dominic Utton
writer and editor
About Me
I am a journalist, author, screenwriter and novelist of over 25 years' experience based in London and Oxford, UK.
I write on a wide range of subjects including lifestyle, music, sport, entertainment and crime.
My latest book, SAS Battle Ready: True Stories From Memorable Missions Around the World, will be published by Michael O'Mara in May 2023. I have also written and ghosted non-fiction books on football, music, true crime, investigative journalism, as well as a children's adventure book.
I am the author of six acclaimed true crime podcast series, several of which have been celebrated as honorees by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
My TV writing credits include the US shows Buried in the Backyard (season five), American House of Horror: Amityville, Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops, Luke Perry: In His Own Words, and Aaron Hernandez Killing Fields.
I have also written two novels: Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time (Oneworld, 2014) and Dead End Close (The Odyssey Press, 2017).
My journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Sun, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Express, the Independent, the News of the World, the Sunday Times, Grazia USA, Esquire, Q, Cosmopolitan, Company, Elle, and many other newspapers and magazines.
My work has been shortlisted for the British Press Awards.
If you would like more information or wish to commission me then do get in touch via the Contact page.
Podcasts
I have written true crime and investigative podcast series, several of which have been named as Webby Best Series honorees.
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Non-Fiction Books
My non-fiction books include TV tie-ins, ghosted works, music, true-crime,
journalism, biography and children's works.
Please click on the images below to buy from Amazon.
Dead End Close
"The people here – they’re not so pretty. But they are at least real…"
This is Oxford. The real Oxford, not the dreamland of spires and punting, bicycles and tourists, gowned academics and lofty colleges. This is Dead End Close.
Seven houses and their inhabitants. The stories of the residents - peculiar people with divergent lives - are woven together in one cul-de-sac. Yet, despite their differences, none of them can shake the sinister feeling that someone is watching. Someone is steering the events that unfold around them.
Seven houses: seven deadly secrets. And before long, all begin to converge...
Dead End Close is a thrilling literary tale filled with colourful characters, and set against the backdrop of the true Oxford.
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Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time
Dan's got a new job. But he's moved out of town in order to start a family and has been commuting into London every day. After fourteen months of the trains either making him late for work or late getting home, he's had enough and decides it's high time that Martin Harbottle, the Managing Director of Premier Westward trains, heard about it.
As it turns out, Dan has plenty of time to fill and a lot to say: his work for the troubled tabloid paper recently caught up in allegations of 'unethical practices', his rocky marriage and the struggle to adjust to new parenthood. Before long, his forthright opinions on just about everything find their way into his emails. But when Martin begins to respond, a hilarious - and extraordinary - correspondence begins.
“Compellingly hilarious” - the Daily Express
“Unexpected and amusing… very entertaining” - The Lady
“The world’s commuters have finally got their own latter-day Updike” - the Irish Times
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