Andrew Hunter Murray

I'm Andrew Hunter Murray, a writer from London. My first novel was published in 2020 - it's a thriller set in a world which has spun to a halt, bringing civilisation to the brink of collapse. It's called The Last Day and it has been a Sunday Times bestseller, published in multiple countries. The paperback is out shortly - I hope you enjoy it. My second novel will be out in 2022 - keep an eye out for that!

Outside novel-writing, I work for the TV show QI, as one of the 'Elves' finding out Quite Interesting facts about everything under the sun. I also co-host the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, and write jokes and journalism for Private Eye, Britain's leading satirical magazine. No Such Thing As A Fish has also led to a spin-off TV series, No Such Thing As The News, and three books co-written with my colleagues on the show - the Book Of The Year 2017-19.

I live in London, in a small flat with large bookshelves, and I'm already working away on the next novel idea...

Andrew Hunter Murray is a writer from London. His first novel, The Last Day, was a Sunday Times bestseller and one of 2019’s 10 biggest fiction debuts. His second, The Sanctuary, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month in 2023. His third novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering, will be published in 2024.

Andrew spent 14 years as a writer on BBC2’s QI, and co-hosts the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, which since 2014 has released 500 episodes, been downloaded 450 million times, and toured the world. NSTAAF has spawned three books (The Book of the Year, The Book of the Year 2018 and The Book of the Year 2019), and a BBC2 series, No Such Thing As The News. Andrew also writes jokes and journalism for Private Eye magazine, and hosts the Eye’s in-house podcast, Page 94.