David Wolstencroft is a Scottish television writer and author. He is best known as creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV spy drama Spooks and its spin-off series, Code 9. Wolstencroft was born in 1969 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the author of two novels, his first Good News, Bad News and his second Contact Zero. Both are of the espionage/spy genre involving the British intelligence services.