About Daniel A. Riddle

My Story

Daniel A. Riddle is a British author from Northern England who writes psychological thrillers the way most people watch television. He sees scenes play out in his head and captures them on the page, with a cinematic edge and a tight grip on tension.

An only child, Daniel watched his father get lost in novels and picked up a lifelong obsession with story, character, and hidden motives. That fascination still shapes his work. His characters are often ordinary people with private fractures, doing their best to hold life together until something slips. Then the familiar becomes unreliable, trust turns expensive, and identity starts to warp under pressure.

His debut novel, Janus Origin: Threads of Control, launches readers into a world where memory, manipulation, and technology collide in disturbing ways. Set against recognisable British backdrops, it follows people who think they know who they are, until evidence suggests they never did.

His standalone novel, The Other Lotus Girl, follows a trafficked Vietnamese woman and the ordinary strangers who risk everything to protect her. It is a story about coercion, debt, and survival, and it began life as a podcast drama before demanding to become something more.

When he is not writing, Daniel focuses on family life, finding inspiration in small moments, sharp observations, and the quiet truths people hide behind everyday routines.