All Neon Like Love - A Novel
In addition to writing for newspapers, magazines, blogs and websites, Dan is currently writing a novel, All Neon Like Love – the story of a man who gets lost in the grey area between love and obsession as he struggles to reconcile his nightly dreams of a woman he had a short but passionate affair with, with his waking life without her.
The Definition Of Cool: A Visual Biography Of The 20th Century’s Most Elusive Quality
Dan is also researching a non-fiction book which aims to bring together his deep love for all things pop culture and his life long fascination with the concept of COOL. A visual biography of the 20th century’s most elusive quality, The Definition Of Cool looks at the modern history of COOL, from Miles Davis’s album Birth Of The Cool to the industrial design of Apple; at the icons who have it; at the film makers, writers, musicians, artists, designers, architects and photographers who capture it; at the brands who chase it; at the marketing and advertising industries that exploit it and at the rest of us and how and why we respond to it, in an attempt to finally arrive at a working, credible, all encompassing, definition of cool.
Driven by James Martin (ghosted)
In 2008 Dan ghosted TV chef James Martin’s autobiography, Driven, for HarperCollins. A celebrity memoir with a twist, it charted Martin’s life and career not through cooking, but through his overriding love of all things automotive, to reveal a side of the chef turned presenter rarely seen on Saturday Kitchen.
