About David Muirhead

David Muirhead was born in Dar-es-Salaam. He was sent away to boarding school at the age of eight, first to Eldoret in Kenya and then to a school on the south coast of England, the setting for The Clamour King. He studied at St Andrews University in Scotland, graduating with an MA in philosophy. He has since worked as a newspaper reporter, in banking, economic development, public relations and publishing, in many different parts of the world. His first book, The Curious Case of the Imaginary Tourist, a quirky collection of short stories, was published by Struik Publishing in 2006. He currently divides his time between writing and running his own small business in Cape Town, where he lives with his wife and two children.