Dan Kieran (born 10 June 1975) is a British travel writer, humorist, literary editor and entrepreneur. He is best known for his travel books and for his role as deputy editor of The Idler between 2000 and 2010. He is also co-founder (with John Mitchinson and Justin Pollard) of the publishing company Unbound and was its CEO for the first eleven years.[1][2][3]
Kieran is author of Do Start: How to create and run a business that doesn't run you, The Surfboard,The Idle Traveller,[4][5]I Fought The Law, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Three Men In A Float (with Ian Vince).
Three Men In A Float became a half-hour BBC Radio 4 programme of the same name, which Kieran presented with Ian Vince and Prasanth Visweswaran. It aired on 27 February 2008.[6]
Kieran is editor of Idler Books' Crap Jobs, Crap Holidays (Crap Vacations in the United States), The Book of Idle Pleasures; and co-editor of two volumes of Crap Towns.
^Kieran, Dan (10 February 2007). "Quick, quick, slow". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
