Apr 16, 2021
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Raphael Honigstein writes about football for The Athletic and Der Spiegel, and is a regular expert on BT Sport and Sky Deutschland. He’s the author of Englischer Fussball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game, Das Reboot: How German Football Reinvented Itself and Conquered the World, and the co-author of Peter Mertesacker’s autobiography. Honigstein’s biography of Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, Bring the Noise, was published by Yellow Jersey in November 2017. It was a bestseller in Germany and has sold into multiple territories.
Apr 16, 2021
Damian Hughes is a bestselling author who combines his practical and academic background within sport, organisational development and change psychology, to help organisations and teams to create a high performing culture.
He is the author of eight best-selling business books, including Liquid Thinking, Liquid Leadership, How to Change Absolutely Anything, How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson and The Five STEPS to a Winning Mindset.
His books, High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best and How to Change Your Life, have both been number one Sunday Times best sellers. His latest book, Microhabits: Tiny Changes that Supercharge High Performance is published in January 2026. His work has been translated into twelve languages.
He has also been nominated for the 2007 William Hill Sports book of the year award for Peerless, his biography of boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson. He co-authored a critically acclaimed biography of boxing legend, Thomas Hearns and in 2013, his book, Marvelous Marvin Hagler became the UK’s best-selling sports biography.
He was appointed as a visiting Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Change for Manchester Metropolitan University in September 2010.
He is the co-host of The High Performance Podcast, an acclaimed series of interviews with elite performers from business, sport and the arts, exploring the psychology behind sustained high performance. The podcast has over 300 million downloads.
He has served as a member of the coaching team for England Rugby League, England Roses, Scotland Rugby Union and a wide range of international and national sporting teams.
He is also the founder of The School Coat Charity, a charity which addresses the challenges of children living in poverty, by providing coats for those most in need.
Apr 16, 2021
Simon Hughes is a Merseyside based football writer for The Athletic. He is the author of seven books about Liverpool FC as well as There She Goes, a modern social history of Liverpool as a city. He has previously written for The Independent (deCoubertin, 2019) as well as The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph.
Twitter: @simon_hughes__
Apr 16, 2021
Tom Isitt is an award-winning journalist and author with more than 30 years experience in consumer publishing. His latest book, Riding in the Red Zone, is published by W&N and has attracted some stellar reviews. He has been the editor of a number of leading magazines in their fields and specialises in cycling, motorcycling, boating and adventure-sports. As a freelancer for the last decade, Tom has been published in the Guardian, Rouleur, Cycle, Cycling Active and a host of boating magazines around the world. Previous titles include The World of Harley-Davidson (Magna, 1993), Superbikes from Around the World (Paragon, 1998) and Secrets of The Queen’s Closet (Ashford, 1988)
Apr 16, 2021
Steve James played cricket for Glamorgan and England, and rugby for Lydney and Gloucestershire. He is now the Times’ cricket news and rugby reporter having previously covered both sports at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph. He has written an autobiography, Third Man to Fatty’s Leg, and has ghosted two books for former England coach, Duncan Fletcher. His book, The Plan, published by Bantam Press, received glowing reviews and was named Book of the Year by the Cricket Writers’ Club. It has also been shortlisted for The Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year. Steve has also worked with British and Lions Rugby captain Sam Warburton on two projects, including Refuse to be Denied: My Grand Slam Year. His other titles include the critically acclaimed The Art of Centuries, published in April 2015 (Bantam Press). Steve most recently worked with British and Irish Lions legend Sir Ian McGeechan on his new project, The Lions: When the Going Gets Tough, which was released ahead of the 2017 Lions tour to New Zealand.
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