David Quantick
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Years active | 1983–present |
David Quantick (born 14 May 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former freelance writer for the music magazine
Early life
Quantick was born in Wortley, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire) on 14 May 1961, adopted, and moved at an early age with his family to Plymouth. Quantick went to Woodford Junior School and Plymouth College, then Exmouth Comprehensive School.
Career
Quantick began writing for the music publication .
Working with Jane Bussmann, he co-wrote and performed Bussmann & Quantick Kingsize for BBC Radio 4 in 1998. In 2000, the pair created what Quantick has claimed was the world's first internet sitcom and docusitcom (documentary/sitcom), The Junkies, about three heroin addicts. Starring Peter Baynham, Sally Phillips and Peter Serafinowicz, the writing pair claimed the project grew out of their frustration with the commissioning process. They argued the average sitcom cost £200,000 to make and was difficult to finance, so they secured the services of cast and crew on a voluntary basis and made a show for less than £4,000. The site received over a million visits in its first eight months of existence.
In 2000, Quantick's biography of the Clash was published, with further books appearing in 2001. That year he collaborated with Andrew Collins and Stuart Maconie on Lloyd Cole Knew My Father, a live show about working as a music journalist. A performance was later broadcast on Radio 2 as a six-episode series. In 2003 and 2005, Quantick contributed material to sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound, five series of 15 Minute Musical (2004–08) and several series of Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections. He also made several appearances on Clive Anderson's radio panel show We've Been Here Before in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he appeared in Channel 4's Come Dine with Me. Between 2003 and 2005 Quantick co-presented a weekly programme One Way Single Parent Family Favourites on London based community arts radio station Resonance FM. In 2006 he wrote and presented series 3 of 'The Blagger's Guide', a six-part comedy series on BBC Radio 2 and appeared as Doctor Dave Radio on Radio 2 comedy programme, Radio Rivron. Between 2001 and 2012 He was also part of the writing team of Harry Hill's TV Burp. Following its final series, Quantick contributed material to The Thick of It, helped write material for the comedian Rob Brydon, and recorded further editions of The Blagger's Guide for Radio 2 until 2014.
In September 2012, Quantick published an e-book novel, Sparks, which was positively reviewed by
In 2022, Quantick's first movie, Book Of Love, was released.[8] In the same year it won Best Primetime Movie at the 2022 Imagen Awards.[9]
Personal life
Quantick has lived in Hastings, East Sussex, with his wife and two children, since about 2011.[10][11][12]
Bibliography
Fiction
- Sparks (10 September 2012, Kindle ASIN: B0098UTP5E)
- That's Because You're a Robot with Shaky Kane (Image Comics, 2014)[13]
- The Mule (Unbound, 25 February 2016, ISBN 1783521007)
- Go West (Unbound, 24 January 2019, ISBN 1912618702)
- All My Colors (Titan Books Ltd, 16 April 2019, ISBN 1785658573)
- Night Train (Titan Books Ltd, 29 September 2020, ISBN 9781785658594)
- Ricky's Hand (Titan Books Ltd, 9 August 2022, ISBN 978-1803360461)
Nonfiction
- Dress to Kill by ISBN 1-85227-763-7)
- The Clash (The Music Makers series) (MQ Publications Ltd, Paperback, 27 May 2000, ISBN 1-903318-03-3)
- Beck (Kill Your Idols series) (Avalon Travel Publishing, Paperback, 18 December 2000, ISBN 1-56025-302-9)
- Revolution: The Making of the Beatles' White Album (Vinyl Frontier series) (MQ Publications Ltd, Paperback, 26 September 2002, ISBN 1-903318-55-6)
- Grumpy Old Men (HarperCollins Entertainment), Hardcover, 7 June 2004, ISBN 0-00-718993-1)
- Grumpy Old Men on Holiday (HarperCollins Entertainment, Hardcover, 16 May 2005, ISBN 0-00-720185-0)
- Grumpy Old Men: New Year, Same Old Crap (HarperCollins Entertainment, Hardcover, 15 October 2007 ISBN 0-00-724333-2)
- The Dangerous Book for Middle-Aged Men: The Manual for Managing Mid-Life Crisis (Preface Publishing, Hardcover, 24 September 2009, ISBN 1-84809-200-8)
- Memoirs Of A Shoegazing Gentleman (Sonic Cathedral, 2014)[14]
- How To Write Everything (Oberon Books, 8 January 2015, ISBN 1783191031)
- How to Be a Writer: Conversations With Writers About Writing (Oberon Books, 13 October 2016, ISBN 1783199032)
- Memoirs Of A Shoegazing Gentleman – 30th Anniversary Special EditionISBN 1783191031)
- Quantick's Quite Difficult Quiz Book (Robinson, 4 November 2021, ISBN 1472146247)
References
- ^ a b COMPLETE LISTING OF 67TH EMMY AWARDS WINNERS
- ^ Quantick, David. Sparks – via Amazon.
- ^ "52 First Impressions with David Quantick". BBC Radio 4. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ISBN 9781783520916. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "David Quantick". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018.
- ^ All My Colors. www.amazon.co.uk
- ^ David Quantick site. Home page
- ^ ”David Quantick: ‘A good romcom is about sparring’”. The Independent, 09 February 2022
- ^ "Disney's Encanto Takes Home Best Feature Film and Hulu's Love, Victor Triumphs Again at 37th Annual Imagen Awards". The Imagen Foundation. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ He has described Hastings as the "finest town in the world" and moved there after he became tired of London after three decades.
- ^ "Andrew Lownie Literary Agency :: Authors :: David Quantick".
- ^ "Local Writer and Critic David Quantick Launches Debut Novel". 5 April 2019.
- ^ "That's Because You're A Robot". Image Comics. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Our First Book – 'Memoirs Of A Shoegazing Gentleman'". Sonic Cathedral. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ https://soniccathedral.bandcamp.com/merch/memoirs-of-a-shoegazing-gentleman-book-scr058[bare URL]
External links
- David Quantick at the Internet Movie Database
- Collins & Maconie's Hit Parade Audio — SOTCAA — RealAudio clips from the radio series.
- SOTCAA article 'Collins, Maconie and Quantick
- Scroll down to Collins and Maconies' Hit Parade clip — Radio Zone
- An interview with David Quantick on RechargedMagazine.com