Paddy Sinnott was born and raised in Leicester. He is the award winning author of no novels, however he has changed the title of this book so many times from Smoking Shelters; The Rise and Fall of the Entrepeneaur; Desperate Maggoo; The Dummies Guide to Importing until he finally settled on Eejits and Donkeys. Before becoming a one off part-time writer, Sinnott worked as a paperboy, Wimpy foam character walking around town handing out leaflets, Burger King chip bagger, nightclub supervisor and when not busy bar dancer, pork pie maker, abuse taker from a music store mogul, Powerpoint wizard for a marketing department, payroll bodger, customer call analyst and a make it up as you go along IT developer. He currently resides in Glenfield with his fiance Karen; their three children Libby, Ava and Mack; the dog Bo and Emily and Sophie the goldfish.