David Annand has worked as an editor at Condé Nast Traveller and GQ, and has written for the Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement, The Telegraph, Literary Review, and The New Statesman, among other outlets. His first novel, PETERDOWN, won the McKitterick Prize in 2022, and received widespread acclaim. Tom Ball of The Times wrote: “Few novels quite match David Annand's debut… so enjoyable to read: the deft and humorous telling of people trying to muddle through modern life”; Tom Williams ofLiterary Review called PETERDOWN “a state-of-the-nation work evincing a sweeping preoccupation with ideas of community, space and place… a timely book, clear in its concerns and vital in its focus.” His second novel, THE DICE WAS LOADED FROM THE START will be published on March 5th 2026.