David Leigh

David Leigh is an award-winning British journalist and author living and working out of Miami. He is a member of the UK Crime Writers Association. Before moving to Florida to work as Senior News Director for a celebrated news and photographic agency, Leigh worked for British newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, where during his 12-year tenure he worked as a Senior Reporter, News Editor and Foreign Editor covering news stories across the world. He then spent three years as Assistant Editor (Head of News) at the Daily Express, where he oversaw coverage of stories including the 9/11 terrorist atrocities, the Second Gulf War, and the fall of Saddam Hussein. His latest book, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe is the inspiration for an upcoming four-part ITV dramatisation by acclaimed screen writer Chris Lang (Unforgotten/Innocent).