Hunter Davies
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Edward Hunter Davies, OBE (born 7 January 1936) is a British author, journalist and broadcaster.
He is the author of a number of books, including the only authorized biography of the Beatles.
Early life
Davies was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, to Scottish parents. For four years his family lived in Dumfries until Davies was aged 11. Davies has quoted his boyhood hero as being football centre-forward, Billy Houliston, of Davies' then local team, Queen of the South.
His family moved to Carlisle in England when Davies was 11 and he attended the Creighton School in the city. Davies lived in Carlisle until he moved to study at university. During this time his father, who was a former Royal Air Force pay clerk, developed multiple sclerosis and had to retire on medical grounds from a civil service career.
Davies joined the sixth form at Carlisle Grammar School and was awarded a place at University College, Durham to read for an honours degree in History, but after his first year he switched to a general arts course. He gained his first writing experience as a student, contributing to the university newspaper, Palatinate, where one of his fellow student journalists was the future fashion writer Colin McDowell. After completing his degree course he stayed on at Durham for another year to gain a teaching diploma and avoid National Service.
Personal life
Davies was married to the writer Margaret Forster from 1960 until her death in 2016. Their daughter Caitlin Davies is also an author. From 1963, the family lived in the north London district of Dartmouth Park.
During the summer months they lived in their second home near Loweswater in the Lake District. It was sold in July 2016. His autobiography The Beatles, Football and Me was published in 2007.
Writing career
Davies began working as a writer, and in 1965, he wrote the book Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, which was turned into a film of the same name in 1967. When he talked to Paul McCartney about the possibility of providing the theme tune for the film, he discussed the possibility of a biography of the Beatles. McCartney loved the idea because inaccurate information had been published about the company, but he advised him to obtain Brian Epstein's permission. Epstein accepted the plan, and the resultant authorised biography, The Beatles, was published in 1968. In his 1970 Rolling Stone interview, John Lennon dismissed the book as "bullshit," although Lennon at the time was vehemently opposed to debating the Beatles' myth and anyone else who had helped create it.
Davies wrote The Glory Game, a behind-the-scenes portrait of Tottenham Hotspur in 1972. In Punch, Davies wrote a column titled "Father's Day" in which he portrayed himself as a harried paterfamilias. He was taken by The Sunday Times in 1974 to investigate a comprehensive school in action. He wrote three articles and then stayed at the academy, Creighton School in Muswell Hill, north London, which now belongs to Fortismere School, to watch and study through a year of its life. The result, according to the Creighton Report, which was published in 1976, the result was a book.
Davies has also written a biography of fall walker Alfred Wainwright and several books on the Lake District's topography and history.
He has written the Ossie, Flossie Teacake, and Snotty Bumstead series of books for children's literature.
Wayne Rooney, Paul Gascoigne, and Dwight Yorke's autobiography have been published as a ghost writer. David Moyes, the owner of his former club, Everton,'s Rooney biography aided in a fruitful libel attempt in 2008. Prezza, John Prescott's 2008 autobiography, also includes ghostwriting. Pulling no punches.
For the New Statesman, he writes a football column. In 2005, Pomona Press published The Fan, a collection of these articles as a book. In The Guardian's Weekend colour magazine, Davies writes "Confessions of a Collector." He has written a book about his collections that shares the same name.
The Beatles recorded "There Go Eddie" about Hunter Davies, who appears on bootlegs, during the Beatles sessions for the Let It Be album. It was not announced when it was announced.
In the 2014 Birthday Honours for contributions to literature, Davies was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).