Apr 16, 2021
Lance Hardy was a former producer and editor at BBC Sport. His book, Stokoe, Sunderland and ’73 (Orion) was shortlisted for Football Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards and his collaboration with Steve Davis, Interesting (Ebury Press), was shortlisted for Autobiography of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards and was a Sunday Times bestseller. He also co-authored Bobby Dazzler (Orion) with Bobby George and Footballer (Bantam Press) with Kelly Smith.
Twitter: @lancejohnhardy
Instagram: lancejohnhardy
Apr 16, 2021
Nick Harris has been a respected journalist, broadcaster and author for 45 years. He is probably best known as a radio and television commentator and presenter. For 18 years he hosted and commentated on the MotoGP World Championship. When he announced his retirement over 1.2 million viewers tuned into his farewell Facebook video. He has also worked for the BBC, Channel 9 in Australia and TalkSPORT radio in both two and four wheeled World Championship sport.
In June 2019 Penguin Random House UK through Virgin books published Never Say Never which was Nick’s very personal 70-year history of the World Motorcycle Championship. A paperback was published in 2020 and Nick narrated the audio version. Three years ago, Nick compiled and edited The Racing Together book for the sport’s governing body. Fifteen years ago, Nick’s Barry Sheene biography written in conjunction with Steve Parrish and published by Little Brown sold over 85,000 copies and featured in the Sunday Times best sellers list. His ultimate history of the TT races was published in 1990 and he also wrote the autobiography of double World Champion Freddie Spencer.
Nick lives in Oxford and is a lifelong fan of Oxford United as a commentator, journalist and director.
Web Site: www.nick-harris.co.uk
Twitter: @NickHarrisMedia
Apr 16, 2021
Paul Hayward began his career as a sports journalist at the Racing Post before moving to The Independent to become racing correspondent. He then branched into general sport and became Chief Sports’ Writer at the Telegraph before occupying the same position at The Guardian, Mail and The Observer. During that time, he was named Sports’ Writer of the Year in 2002 and 2003 at the British Press Awards and Best Football Writer at the Sky Sports Awards in 1997, 1999 and 2001.
Hayward returned to The Guardian and its sister paper The Observer in 2009 as a senior sportswriter, predominantly covering football, until he re-joined The Telegraph in 2011, again as its chief sportswriter. He took time off from writing in 2015 to undergo cancer treatment but recovered in time to cover the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Paul has also been named Sports’ Writer of the Year at the SJA British Sports Journalism awards in 1996, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2018. He co-wrote autobiographies with Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Bobby Robson and Michael Owen. He wrote a landmark 150-year biography of the England men’s football team (1872-2022) for Simon & Schuster and recently co-wrote Kevin Sinfield’s autobiography ‘The Extra Mile’ for Penguin Random House.
Twitter: @_PaulHayward
Apr 16, 2021
Mark Hodgkinson’s biography of Novak Djokovic, ‘Searching for Novak’, won the International Sports Book of the Year award at the 2025 Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards. It was also a Times sports book of the year in 2024, was long-listed for the 2024 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award and has been published in 10 languages. As a ghostwriter, Mark has collaborated with Daniel Craig, Tom Hiddleston and their trainer Simon Waterson on two fitness books, the second of which was an Amazon No. 1 bestseller. He has also worked with Olympic gold medallists in several sports, as well as a former Marine and a psychologist. Mark’s other projects have included ghosting for boxer Lawrence Okolie, the world cruiserweight champion, which Fearne Cotton called ‘the most motivational book I’ve ever read’. Mark also wrote a book for Naomi Osaka’s coach, Sascha Bajin, which was a bestseller in Japan.
A former sports journalist for the Daily Telegraph, Mark has ghosted words for Robbie Williams (for a fashion project), Bjorn Borg (an entire newspaper supplement) and Martina Navratilova (a Sports Illustrated cover story). Under his own name, Mark has written a biography of Carlos Alcaraz, which will be published in September 2025. He consults for international sports brands in Europe, the United States and Japan.
Website: https://nine-london.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hodgkinsonmark2000/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetennisspace
Apr 16, 2021
Oliver Holt was appointed Chief Sports Writer on The Times from 2000 to 2002 before becoming Chief Sports Writer for The Daily Mirror in 2002. In February 2015 he left the paper to join the Mail on Sunday. Holt is a regular guest on the Sunday Supplement. He won the British Press Awards Sports Writer of the Year in both 2005 and 2006, the What the Papers Say Sports Writer of the Year in 2005 and the Sports Columnist of the Year in 2008. Holt is a regular guest on Sky as well as BBC Radio and has a weekly spot on This Morning. He once returned a serve from Roscoe Tanner in the line of duty for the Liverpool Echo. Previous books include End of the Rainbow: England’s Quest for Glory in South Africa (Hodder, 2010), which is widely regarded as the definitive account of the 2010 World Cup. Other books include: If You’re Second You are Nothing: Ferguson and Shankley (Macmillan 2006). Both Made in Sheffield: My Story – Neil Warnock (Hodder, 2007) and Left Field: A Footballer Apart – Graeme Le Saux (Harper Collins 2007) were shortlisted for awards. Holt collaborated with Stan Collymore on Stan: Tackling My Demons (Harper Collins 2005) and co-wrote Growing Up Fast with Theo Walcott. His book, Miracle at Medinah, an account of Europe’s amazing Ryder Cup comeback, was published by Headline in 2012. Holt also worked with Ian Poulter on his book project, which was published in autumn 2014 by Quercus. Most recently Holt has collaborated with Kieren Fallon on his autobiography, which won the Cross Sports International Autobiography of the Year award.
Twitter: @OllieHolt22
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