
Boris Starling's writing career began at the age of eight, when his English teacher spotted that his short story was (a) unusually good for a child his age (b) copied verbatim from Tintin's 'Prisoners Of The Sun.' (That was also the first time he learnt the word 'verbatim', not to mention the term 'copyright violation'.) All his work since then has been strictly his own. He has written eight novels, including Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Five appear under his own name (Messiah, Storm, Vodka, Visibility and, in a daring breakout from one-word titles, The Stay-Behind Cave) and three as Daniel Blake (Soul Murder (UK)/Thou Shalt Kill (US), City Of Sins (UK)/City Of The Dead (US) and White Death). Every one of these books features someone dying horribly somewhere along the way. Sometimes they even deserve it. Boris also created the 'Messiah' franchise which ran for seven years on BBC1, and has written screenplays for productions in the UK and US. He has inherited his grandfather's male pattern baldness, but sadly not his prodigious height. He is a keen sportsman, though he has now reached the age where enthusiasm and experience are beginning to trump sheer skill. He lives in Dorset, England, with his wife, children, greyhounds, and however many chickens manage to keep clear of marauding foxes.
Series
Books

The Official History of Britain
Our Story in Numbers as Told by the Office For National Statistics
2020

Storm
2000

Visibility
2006

Bluffer's Guide To Brexit
Instant Wit and Wisdom
2018

Unconquerable
The Invictus Spirit
2017

Haynes Explains Babies
2016

Messiah
1999

Haynes Explains Pensioners
2016

Vodka
2004

The Law of the Heart
2021

William Shakespeare's Brexit
2019

Bluffer's Guide to Christmas
Instant Wit & Wisdom
2019