Rob Harris

Rob Harris grew up in the Forest of Dean but now lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and daughter. For more than 15 years he worked on regional newspapers as a journalist, sports editor and sub-editor and he is a former editor of The Forester newspaper. He's also been named Gloucestershire Media Sports Writer of the Year.

Rob's first novel, The Absurd Life of Barry White, was published July 2024 by Bloodhound Books. The sequel, Barry White is Still Absurd, came out in June 2025.

Rob previously wrote a memoir about the rare highs and frequent lows of being a committed but ultimately frustrated village cricketer - called Won't You Dance for Virat Kohli?, which was published in 2021 by Pitch.

He still knocks around on village cricket grounds, allegedly 'for fun.'