Matt Seaton was born in Brighton in 1965. He has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, and is currently a contributing editor to 'Esquire' and the parents editor of the 'Guardian'. He co-edited and contributed to 'Before I Say Goodbye' (1998), a collection of writing by his late wife, the journalist Ruth Picardie, and others, and 'Two Wheels', a collection of his cycling journalism, was published in 2007. He is remarried and lives in London with his two children..
