Duncan Barrett, FRHistS, is a social historian and author. He grew up in London and studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge.

In 2010 he edited the First World War memoirs of pacifist saboteur Ronald Skirth, published as The Reluctant Tommy.

He is co-author, with Nuala Calvi, of a trio of Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers: The Sugar Girls, which was ranked second in the history bestsellers of 2012, GI Brides, which was also a New York Times bestseller in America, and The Girls Who Went to War. Their fourth history title, The Sugar Girls of Love Lane, was published in 2024.

Duncan’s solo title’s include The Last Post: How The Post Office Helped Win the First World War, which was nominated for the People’s Book Prize, and Hitler’s British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands, aka When the Germans Came.

He also works as a writer and Series Producer for Noiser.