Charlie Connelly

Charlie Connelly (born 22 August 1970, London, England) is an author and broadcaster. Connelly began his career as a writer of books relating to sporting events, most commonly football. His breakthrough 2002 book, Stamping Grounds, was his fifth, and followed the Liechtenstein national football team in their unsuccessful campaign to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Connelly's 2004 follow-up, Attention All Shipping, which was his first to deviate from football as its topic, has been listed as a bestseller and selected as "Book Of The Week" by the UK radio station BBC Radio 4. In 2007, Connelly released his seventh book, In Search of Elvis, which again focused on travel and the impression left by entertainer Elvis Presley.

Connelly's eighth book, And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years Of British And Irish History, was published in December 2008 and was again a BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week", in January 2009 read by Martin Freeman. Our Man In Hibernia was published in 2010 and detailed his move to Ireland and his search for his Irish roots while his tenth book, Bring Me Sunshine, which examines the history of the weather and weather forecasting, appeared in September 2012. Bring Me Sunshine was also a Radio 4 "Book Of The Week" read by the actor Stephen Mangan.

In addition to being a writer, Connelly also appears as a presenter on radio and television shows.