Matt Allen

Matt Allen is the bestselling author and ghost behind some of the most talked-about books in sport, culture, expedition, and personal endeavour. He has co-authored close to twenty Sunday Times bestsellers including the 2019 number one, BATTLE SCARS with former special forces soldier, Jason Fox, FASTER THAN LIGHTNING with Usain Bolt, WHAM! GEORGE & ME with Andrew Ridgeley and HOW NOT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER with Paul Merson (shortlisted in the 2012 Best Biography at the British Sports Book of the Year Awards).

In 2023 he produced the harrowing LIVE. FIGHT. SURVIVE with Shaun Pinner — a former solider and hostage in the Russia Ukraine war — which has since been optioned for movie adaptation. He later worked with former Harry Potter stuntman, David Holmes on his memoir, THE BOY WHO LIVED, and All Blacks mental coach, Gilbert Enoka on the leadership book, BECOME UNSTOPPABLE. THE GLITCH, his forthcoming book with cashpoint hacker, Dan Saunders has also been optioned by Fox Searchlight and Disney for movie adaptation.

Formerly the features editor at Q Magazine, editor of the Q Glastonbury Daily newspaper, and associate editor at FourFourTwo, Matt is an official writer for the International Olympic Committee.