Media
I am available for podcasts, blog interviews, video interviews and more. Head over to my contact page to send me a message.
I'm happy to discuss my published stories, novels, writing process, background and future plans. I'm especially keen on talking about writing tools, routines and creativity.
My media appearances to date and biography are listed below. If you need a longer biography, author images or anything else, please get in touch.
Podcasts
- Scots Whay Hae Bloody Scotland Debut Prize Panel - July 2025
- Off The Shelf with Pause Books - Episode 109 - July 2025
- The Conversation with Nadine Matheson - Episode 109 - March 2025
- Write Now With Scrivener - Episode 46 - January 2025
- The Unfortunately... Podcast - Episode 4 - January 2025
- The Read and Buried Podcast - Episode 99 - Nov 2024
- Confessions of a Debut Novelist - Episode 3.43 - Oct 2024
- Page One - The Writer's Podcast - Episode 201 - Oct 2024 (video below)
- Write and Wrong Podcast - Episode 192 - Sep 2024
- Page One Christmas Special - Dec 2023 (video below)
- The Tiny Bookcase - Episode 118 - Mar 2023
- The Tiny Bookcase - Episode 119 - Mar 2023
- Starship Fonzie - Episode 11 - Feb 2022 (interview starts at 27 min)
Lectures and panels
- Arcadia Abroad Author Talk - January 2025
Radio
- The Hoot and Holler Show with Ed McKeon, WESU FM - January 2025
Video Interviews
Recent video interviews are embedded below.
Scots Whay Hae! Bloody Scotland Debut Panel
Myself and the four other Bloody Scotland Debut Prize shortlisters were interviewed by Alistair Braidwood of Scots Whay Hae! The audio version of this is linked above.
UK Crime Book Club Livestream
I was interviewed by Caz from the UK Crime Book Club, along with Foday Mannah, as part of the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. I appear at 25 minutes in (got my times mixed up) but it was a great conversation.
McDermid Debut Award Shortlist Panel
I was interviewed along with Nilesha Chauvet and Chris Bridges as part of my shortlisting for the Theakston Old Peculier McDermid Debut Award.
Page One - Episode 201 - Oct 2024
Page One - Christmas Special 2023
Interviews and articles
- I was interviewed for the Bloody Scotland newsletter in August 2025.
- My local newspaper The East Lothian Courier wrote a story about the McDermid Award win.
- I was interviewed by Matt Nixson at the Daily Express after 'A Reluctant Spy' won the McDermid Debut Award 2025.
- Here's the official press release about the McDermid Debut Award win.
- I was interviewed by Scottish Field for their regular feature 'The Good Books', talking about the books that have inspired and bested me over the years.
- I was interviewed as part of this article on the Literature & Latte (makers of Scrivener) blog on the transition from hobbyist writer to trade publishing.
- I did an interview with the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival as part of my shortlisting for the McDermid Debut Award.
- I wrote an article for Grab This Book about my 'Decades' book picks from the 1960s to the 2010s.
- I wrote an article for SHOTS Magazine on 'The Power of the Outsider' in November 2024.
- I was interviewed by Analog SF about my writing and inspirations, to go with the release of 'Best Practices for Safe Asteroid Handling in the Sept/Oct 2024 issue.
- I wrote a short article for the Express on my five favourite spy shows in September 2024.
- I was interviewed by Paul Burke for Crimetime in September 2024.
- I was interviewed for this long, in-depth piece by Uncanny Magazine in August 2024.
- I wrote an article for Luna Press about my story 'New Town' in the Nova Scotia Volume 2 anthology in July 2024.
- I was interviewed by Analog SF about my work and writing process, to coincide with the release of my story 'Hull Run' in their Jan/Feb 2024 issue.
- I was part of the December 2022 SFF Advent Calendar at Track of Words. I contributed an author spotlight interview, where I discussed my short fiction publications, getting an agent, writing and editing novels and the novel submission process.
Biography
David Goodman is an award-winning novelist and short story writer who works in a range of genres, from spy novels to space operas. He grew up in and around Edinburgh and started writing in his early teens. After studying at the University of Aberdeen he lived and worked in Aberdeen, London and Edinburgh. His debut novel, A Reluctant Spy, published by Headline Books, won the McDermid Debut Award in July 2025 and is nominated for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. He lives in East Lothian with his family.
David is represented by Harry Illingworth of DHH Literary. Learn more and subscribe to his monthly newsletter at www.davidgoodman.net.