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You can grab everything on this page, including biographies, author photos and book covers here, as a zip file. All images are medium-resolution files. If you need higher-resolution files for print, please get in touch.
Author Images
Medium-resolution author images are shown below in sets, ordered by recency.
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- All images are copyright Wayfinder Media Ltd. See above for usage restrictions.
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Set 1 - Bloody Scotland author portraits
These shots were taken at Bloody Scotland 2026 as part of festival promotion.
Please credit Paul Reich.
Set 2 - Edinburgh skyline
Please credit Jakub Iwanicki Photography and Video.
Set 3 - Park
Please credit Jakub Iwanicki Photography and Video.
Set 3 - Urban
Please credit Jakub Iwanicki Photography and Video.
Biographies
The following short biographies are available at 50, 100 and 200 words. For more in-depth biographies, FAQs or specific details, please get in touch.
Short bio - 50 words
David Goodman is an award-winning Scottish author.
A RELUCTANT SPY won the 2025 McDermid Debut Award and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. SOLITARY AGENTS was longlisted for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize. A TRAITOR'S CALL arrives May 2027.
His SF debut SHARDS OF STARLIGHT is coming from Solaris in Spring 2028.
Medium bio - 100 words
David Goodman is an award-winning Scottish author. A RELUCTANT SPY won the 2025 McDermid Debut Award and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and was optioned for television by Carnival Films. The sequel SOLITARY AGENTS was longlisted for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize. His third book A TRAITOR'S CALL is coming in May 2027.
His SF debut SHARDS OF STARLIGHT, as David W. Goodman, is coming from Solaris in Spring 2028. He has published several pieces of short SF in print, online and audio.
David grew up in Edinburgh and East Lothian. He now lives in East Lothian with his wife Valerie.
Long bio - 200 words
David Goodman is an award-winning, multi-genre Scottish author.
His debut A RELUCTANT SPY was released by Headline Books in 2024. The 2025 sequel SOLITARY AGENTS is out in hardback, eBook and audio. His third novel, A TRAITOR'S CALL, is coming in May 2027.
His science fiction debut SHARDS OF STARLIGHT, written as David W. Goodman, is forthcoming in Spring 2028 from Solaris Books. He has published several pieces of short SF in print, online and audio.
A RELUCTANT SPY won the McDermid Debut Award and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize in 2025 and was optioned for television by Carnival Films. The sequel SOLITARY AGENTS was longlisted for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize.
David was born and brought up in Edinburgh and East Lothian, before living in Aberdeen and London. Over the years, he's been a reservist, barista, accounts payable clerk, bartender, IT consultant, copywriter, digital project manager, outdoor skills instructor and now UX designer for a UK bank. Throughout, reading and writing have been his twin obsessions. He now lives in East Lothian with his wife Valerie.
David is represented by Harry Illingworth at DHH Literary for his literary work, and Emily Hayward-Whitlock of The Artist's Partnership for film and television.
Book covers
Book cover assets for my novels are available below, including hardback, paperback and 3D variants.
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A Reluctant Spy
Solitary Agents
A Traitor's Call
