David Yelland
David Yelland is one of the most recognized faces in the media today.
His career includes 14 years at News Corporation in New York and London, where he filled the roles of business editor then deputy editor of the New York Post, Editor of The Sun from 1998 to 2003 and subsequently Senior Vice President of News Corp in New York.
In 2002 he was named Campaign magazine’s Media Achiever of the Year. He is an economics graduate and a Harvard Business School AMP (2003.)
He began his consultancy career as Vice Chairman in the UK for Weber Shandwick in 2004, then joined Brunswick as a Partner in September 2006. He advises across a number of sectors including consumer industries, media and crisis management.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and became a Life Patron of the NSPCC in 2007.
“The Truth About Leo”
“The Truth About Leo” is a deeply moving and heart-warming story for adults and children – about fathers and sons, addiction and recovery, and the transforming power of love.
“Writing this book is the most important thing I have ever done”, says David. “I was compelled to write it although at times it was an intensely painful experience. Though this book is a fiction and I am not the father in it, he is the man I nearly was. Like him, I fell victim to alcohol. There came a time when it controlled me and nearly killed me.”
Sarah Hughes, Publishing Director of Puffin Fiction, explains how she was moved when she first read the manuscript:
“The Truth About Leo has had a tremendous impact on me. Simple, direct and affecting, it is a story told completely from the heart and with great honesty and understanding. I found it extremely powerful both as a reader and as a mother. David draws you in to Leo’s world with great skill and sensitivity, revealing what it can be like for a child to live with a parent who drinks too much. And yet, with all that Leo goes through, it’s an enormously positive novel, full of hope. It’s a compelling story, written for children, but one that will appeal to adults too.”
Read more about the book, and about the issues it raises, on David’s website here.
