Mark Garnett is a prolific author and media commentator on British politics, who has taught at several UK universities.[1]
Garnett was educated at Gosforth High School, Newcastle, and Durham University (Grey College).
With Ian Aitken, he was the authorised biographer of Conservative politician William Whitelaw. He was a long-time collaborator with the Conservative cabinet minister, Sir Ian Gilmour, and assisted Sir Edward Heath in the composition of his memoir, The Course of My Life (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998).