David O’Doherty is a stand-up comedian, writer and regular guest on television shows such as QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You?
He co-wrote two books 100 Facts About Pandas(Square Peg) with Mike Ahern and Claudia O’Doherty in 2009. It came out in America in 2010 and was followed in 2011 by 100 Facts About Sharks.
He has also written three children’s books in The Danger is Everywhere series(Penguin Books UK and Little Brown US), illustrated by Chris Judge. The series has been published in numerous languages, including Chinese and Greek. His most recent children’s book The Summer I Robbed A Bank was published to much acclaim in 2021 and won an Irish Children’s Book Award that year.