David Barratt was for many years senior lecturer in English at University College, Chester, where he often taught courses and wrote articles on children's literature. He has also taught in Pakistan and the United States, often teaching on C. S. Lewis. He grew up with the books of C. S. Lewis, the first found in his father's bookshelves and later reading them as they were published. Barratt is married to a musician and has one daughter, a choreographer in New York.
