Mark Radcliffe was born in Bolton and attended Manchester University. He has been a broadcaster for the BBC for over twenty years, currently appearing as half of the Radcliffe & Maconie show for BBC Radio 6 Music. He has won 6 Gold Sony Awards plus Sony's Music Broadcaster of the Year 2009, and has recorded five albums with two bands. He has published two works of non-fiction, Thank You For the Days: A Boy's Own Adventure in Radio and Beyond (2009) and Reelin' in the Years (2011), and one work of fiction, Northern Sky (2005). He has three daughters and lives in Cheshire.