John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He has written for The Times, Independent, Word and FHM among other publications. He is also the author of the novella Music from Big Pink, and the novels Kill Your Friends and Straight White Male.
One of his top ten writers in novels, as told to the Guardian:Paul Sheldon
Misery by Stephen King
Sheldon, a novelist who is taken hostage by his “No 1 fan”,





