David J Grant was born in Boston, England. Joining the Royal Air Force aged 18 he qualified in a specialist area of electronics, completing his education at the University of Birmingham. Developing an interest in technical writing graduating to professional features he became a paid contributor to a number of publications.

Making a career leap into publishing David launched his own magazine called Electronics & Computing. EMAP plc purchased the title and he used the funds to launch two other publications, spending the next 20 years working in sales and marketing.

Writing real-people-fiction is a third new career for David with his first published work The Treaty, released on 30 Oct 2007.