David Whitley (born 1984) is a British writer, author of the young adult/teen fantasy The Midnight Charter and two subsequent books in the . The Midnight Charter was published in August 2009 and was Whitley's debut novel. Whitley was born in Chester in the North West of England, where he was a pupil at The King's School. At the age of 17, he entered his first novel for the and was shortlisted. Still studying for an English degree at Oxford University, he submitted a children's story for the and, at 20, became its youngest ever winner.