David Whitehouse (writer)

David Whitehouse (born 1981) is a British writer. Whitehouse is known for his novels Bed (2011), Mobile Library (2015), and The Long Forgotten (2018). He also wrote the non-fiction book About a Son: A Murder and a Father's Search for Truth (2022).

Whitehouse has TV projects in development and has written scripts for Channel 4, ITV, Sky, and FX. A former journalist, his writing has been published by outlets such as The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Esquire, Time Out, and Observer Magazine.

Whitehouse graduated with a bachelor's degree in Journalism from London College of Communication in 2002.

For the manuscript of his novel Bed, Whitehouse won the inaugural (2010) To Hell with Prizes Award for unpublished novels; for the same book, he won the Betty Trask Prize. For Mobile Library, he received the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, and for About a Son, he was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize.