Daniel K. Longman

Daniel K. Longman is a social and family historian who has written numerous books exploring Merseyside's history. His books specialise in the darker side of the past with many of his publications focusing on aged criminality and the macabre. More recently Longman has delved into Merseyside's pictorial past and has produced several local publications in a photographic 'then and now' style.

Born at Arrowe Park Hospital in 1988, Longman was brought up in Birkenhead, Wirral and attended St Werburgh's R.C Primary School and later St John Plessington High School in Bebington.

His interest in history was largely inspired by the popular Horrible Histories series created by children's author Terry Deary, who Longman credits as a major inspiration.^[1] The Liverpool-based writer Tom Slemen also played a large part in shaping Longman's writing style with the paranormal series Haunted Liverpool.

At the age of 16 Longman began writing freelance for the international publication Your Family Tree Magazine^[2] and submitted articles based on real-life incidents found during his own genealogical research. These included articles such as The Wigmaker's Dung Heap, The Granny Hanging and several opinion pieces.

He has appeared on several radio programmes on BBC Radio Merseyside and City Talk discussing his work.

Longman is currently studying for a degree in English^[3] at Liverpool John Moores University and is set to graduate in 2012.

Books

• Criminal Wirral, Stroud, The History Press, 2006,ISBN 0750944064
• Wirral Tragic Tales, Stroud, The History Press, 2007,ISBN 0750946741
• Criminal Liverpool, Stroud, The History Press, 2008,ISBN 0750947497
• Criminal Wirral II, Stroud, The History Press, 2009,ISBN 0752450077
• Liverpool Then and Now, Stroud, The History Press, 2010,ISBN 0752457403
• Merseyside War Years Then and Now, Stroud, The History Press, 2012,ISBN 0752463527
• Liverpool: A Pocket Miscellany, Stroud, The History Press, 2012 ISBN 9780752468846

References

1. ^ 1High, Chris. "Shots Ezine, Daniel Longman Q&A With Chris High." Welcome to Shots Ezine Online Archive.shotsmag.co.uk. Web. 05 Oct. 2011. <http://archive.shotsmag.co.uk/interviews2006/d_longman/d_longman.html>
2. ^ 2Kemble, Mike. "Wirral Then & Now." The Wirral Peninsula. Web. 05 Oct. 2011. <http://www.wirralhistory.net/wirralbook.html>.
3. ^ 3http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Alumni/index_120839.htm

External links

• http://www.facebook.com/DanielKLongman
• http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/
• http://twitter.com/#!/Danielklongman/
• http://www.chrishigh.com/reviews/books/criminal_wirral_reviewed.htm
• http://archive.shotsmag.co.uk/interviews2006/d_longman/d_longman.html
• http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/

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Name	Longman, Daniel K.
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