Here are the books I have written (the most recent first): I hope that you find one (or maybe some) that you enjoy.
“Striking Out” (with Ian Wright, Scholastic):
Winner of the 2022 Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award.
“I devoured it…moving, thrilling, disturbing, triumphant and inspiring ... a wonderful achievement." - Stephen Fry
"This engaging and uplifting novel, which celebrates friendship and community, is based on Ian Wright's own childhood experiences and will appeal to any aspiring sportsperson." - Booktrust
"An inspiring story that encourages you to dream big and overcome life's challenges." - Trent Alexander-Arnold
“In The End, It Was All About Love” (Rough Trade Books)/ “Es Ging Immer Nur Um Liebe” (German translation by Marie-Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig, Mairisch):
Nominated for the 2021 Gordon Burn Prize: named one of the Irish Times Books of the Year 2021.
“Mesmerising and deeply moving. Wise, generous and devastatingly precise.” - Elif Shafak
“This is the journey that so many of us take - by turns exultant and melancholic, ultimately triumphant - through city life to find ourselves.” - Taiye Selasi
“One Of Them: An Eton College Memoir” (Unbound):
Named one of The New Statesman’s Books of the Year 2021.
“The memoir I’ve enjoyed most this year.” - Dame Hilary Mantel
“Moving…stays with you long after you’ve finished it.” - Nigella Lawson
“A superb memoir…written with a poet’s lyricism and a journalist’s clarity” - Nish Kumar
“Eating Roses for Dinner” (Nomadic Books) - currently out of stock
“Musa is precise and all-encompassing in the same line. His poetry is intimate and erudite, passionate and beautiful” - Kae Tempest
“He writes from the heart with no filter, and that’s what the best lyricists do. I’m a fan” - Ed Sheeran
“A Cultured Left Foot: The Eleven Elements of Footballing Greatness” (Duckworths):
Nominated for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award
“A delight to read...an exuberant and intelligent footy book.” - Simon Barnes, Chief Sports Writer, The Times
“Endlessly fascinating details and anecdotes.” - Simon Kuper, author of Football Against the Enemy
“A superbly nuanced examination of what makes a footballer great.” - The Times
“Easily the most intelligent football book of the year.” - The Independent on Sunday