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David Goodman is an award-winning author of thriller and speculative fiction, including the Legends espionage novels. His debut novel A RELUCTANT SPY won the McDermid Debut Award and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize in 2025 and has been optioned for television by Carnival Films. The sequel SOLITARY AGENTS will be released in June 2026. He also writes speculative fiction as David W. Goodman, with seven published pieces in magazines and anthologies.

David was born and brought up in Edinburgh and East Lothian, before living and working in Aberdeen and London. 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 fo ...more

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	A Reluctant Spy 4.11 avg rating — 1,767 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 190, July 2022 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eliane Boey (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Ahmed Asi (contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 209, February 2024 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), H.H. Pak, Zohar Jacobs 3.73 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 205, October 2023 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Goodman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Suzanne Palmer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, January/February 2024 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Ron Collins (Goodreads Author), David Cleden (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 183, December 2021 by Neil Clarke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author), Meghan Feldman 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solitary Agents: a gripping spy thriller from the multi-award-winning writer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Daynote - Fri 27 Feb 2026

Still resting up, and today's one of my Writing Fridays, so I've had a slow morning and a lie-in, which was lovely (and hence the stock photo above, which is, actually, fairly indicative of the first hour or so of my day).

ON DECK: As this is my first full working day since going part-time, I've broken out the calendar and blocked out my day (roughly) so that I don't just spin my wheels all day. I'

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