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David Southwell (1971—) is the author of a number of best-selling books on conspiracy theories and organized crime. He has also written scripts for Independent British comic books.

Previously Southwell spent worked as a journalist and as Director of Communications for the British Retail Consortium - before turning to full-time writing.

In his role at the BRC, he regularly clashed with the British government's media relations department, and pressure groups, and played a part in forcing Stephen Byers to scrap the Rip-Off Britain campaign.

In 2003, in a front page story in The Sunday Times Southwell, then a spokesman for the BRC, mentioned that MI5 was co-ordinating with the business community with regard to potential terrorism. Many people in the conspiracy community believed that this was confirmation that he was allied with Secret Intelligence Service agents and may have been publishing disinformation on behalf of the British security services in his conspiracy books. Southwell later reported in his own books that he had liaised with MI5 on anti-terrorism issues and with the UK Government's emergency planning Cabinet Committee COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room A).

He has acknowledged a specialist knowledge and ongoing interest in the Angry Brigade and conspiracies surrounding the events that inspired VALIS.

In 2005 he was thanked as an inspiration by Gary Russell in his Doctor Who novel Spiral Scratch.

A regular broadcaster in the UK and North America on the subjects of conspiracies and counter-culture, he jokingly claims on the back of his books that if he 'dies a mysterious death it will be because he knows too much and has upset some very powerful people.'

Southwell lives on a narrowboat on the Regent's Canal in London.

On 12 June 2010, David Southwell married April Cole at St. Mary’s on Paddington Green. They spent their honeymoon in Cornwall.

Major Non-Fiction Works   more

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Total Books: 33
1001 Ridiculous Ways To Die
1001 Ridiculous Ways to Die (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780732288082
ISBN-10: 0732288088
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The 500 Best Pub Jokes 2 Volume 2
The 500 Best Pub Jokes 2 Volume 2 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781853757365
ISBN-10: 1853757365
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The Best Pub Joke Book Ever 4
The Best Pub Joke Book Ever 4 [No. 4] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781842227046
ISBN-10: 1842227041
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The Best Pub Joke Book Ever No 3
The Best Pub Joke Book Ever No 3 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781858688305
ISBN-10: 1858688302
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
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The Biggest Pub Joke Book Ever 2
The Biggest Pub Joke Book Ever 2 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781842229392
ISBN-10: 1842229397
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CONSPIRACY FILES
Conspiracy Files (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781741117608
ISBN-10: 1741117607
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Conspiracy Files  Reallife Stories of Paranoia Secrecy and Intrigue
Conspiracy Files Reallife Stories of Paranoia Secrecy and Intrigue (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780517224465
ISBN-10: 0517224461
Genre: Nonfiction
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Conspiracy Theories Reallife Stories of Paranoia Secrecy and Intrigue
Death by Stupidity The 1001 Most Ridiculous Bizarre and Astonishingly Idiotic Ways People Have Kicked the Bucket
Dirty Cash Organised Crime in the 21st Century
Dirty Cash Organised Crime in the 21st Century [True Crime Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780753507025
ISBN-10: 0753507021
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics & Social Sciences
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Geschichte des organisierten Verbrechens
Geschichte Des Organisierten Verbrechens (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783771643447
ISBN-10: 3771643449
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Guano Stains Grandma Aka Astounding Anagrams
Guano Stains Grandma Aka Astounding Anagrams (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781858688855
ISBN-10: 185868885X
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The History of Organized Crime
The History of Organized Crime (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781435146259
ISBN-10: 1435146255
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The History of Organized Crime The True Story and Secrets of Global Gangland
John F Kennedy The Life the Presidency the Assassination
The Kennedy Assassination The Truth Behind the Conspiracy that Killed the President
Mysterious Deaths and Disappearances
Mysterious Deaths and Disappearances [Mysteries and Conspiracies] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781404210813
ISBN-10: 1404210814
Genres: Teen & Young Adult, Nonfiction
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Secret Societies
Secret Societies [Mysteries and Conspiracies] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781404210844
ISBN-10: 1404210849
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Secrets and Lies
Secrets and Lies (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781844424948
ISBN-10: 1844424944
Genres: Reference, Religion & Spirituality
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Secrets  Lies
Secrets Lies [Exposing the world of cover-ups and deception] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780760784334
ISBN-10: 0760784337
Genre: Nonfiction
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Stuff They Don't Want You to Know
Stuff They Don't Want You to Know (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781787390744
ISBN-10: 1787390748
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Unsolved Celebrity Mysteries [Mysteries and Conspiracies] (Other)
Unsolved Extraterrestrial Mysteries [Mysteries and Conspiracies] (Other)
Unsolved Political Mysteries [Mysteries and Conspiracies] (Other)