David Daiches was born on September 2, 1912 in Sunderland, Durham, England. He was a writer, known for The Full Man (1964), Who Said That? (1955) and Read All About It (1974). He was married to Hazel Newman Neville and Isobel (Billie) Janet Mackay. He died on July 15, 2005 in Edinburgh, Scotland.