Richard Dinnick

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Richard Dinnick (born 22 January 1968) is a British writer and journalist.

[edit] Journalism and non-fiction

Dinnick started his writing career as a reporter on Esher News & Mail before going to university and becoming assistant editor on Real Business magazine. He then moved on to Internet Magazine, where he became much in demand from TV and radio (appearing on BBC Breakfast News, MTV, BBC Radio 1-5), being a regular contributor to Sky News and BBC London.

Since then, he has written for a number of other magazines and newspapers including: Web User, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, FHM, NMT and Nursery World. In 1998 he was shortlisted for the PTC Journalist of the Year award. In 2000 his first non-fiction book, The Internet Atlas, was published.

[edit] Fiction

In 2005 his first audio drama, The Lunar Inheritance (co-written with Andy Frankham) was released by Noise Monster Productions as part of its Space: 1889 range.

He has subsequently written for Big Finish, writing the story "Neptune" in Short Trips: The Solar System. He has also written for the second season of Big Finish Sapphire & Steel audios with a play entitled "The Surest Poison".