David Fathers is a mapmaker, walker and author/illustrator of three guidebooks to the waterways of London: The Regent’s Canal, The London Thames Path and London's Hidden Rivers (all published by Frances Lincoln/Quarto). His fourth guidebook, Bloody London (Conway/Bloomsbury, 2020), walks you through some of the capitals’ most gruesome and horrific history. His most recent book, Diverse London (Conway/Bloomsbury, 2022), guides you through the history, culture, religion and cuisine of the migrant communities that have made London so vibrant.

Through his books he discovers and maps the metropolis in his own particular way and hopefully getting others to explore new parts of London. His new book, Green London, was published by Conway/Bloomsbury in 2025.