John Preston is an award-winning journalist, novelist, original screen writer and writer of non-fiction with a proven track record for writing bestselling books which translate seamlessly to the screen. His most recent book, Fall- The Mystery of Robert Maxwell, was a Sunday Times bestseller, was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and won the Costa Biography Award in 2021. His previous book, A Very English Scandal, was adapted into a multiple award winning mini-series. Sir Elton John, CBE, is a multi-award winning solo artist and bestselling author. He has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and holds the record for the biggest-selling single of all time. Elton's most publicized involvement with the sporting world is his enduring connection with Watford FC. It was the club he supported as a boy and of which he later became Chairman, guiding it to the highest echelon of the professional game in England.
If John Preston hasn’t already sold the film rights to this book, he surely will soon. Watford Forever is the heartwarming story of the collaboration and friendship between English football’s oddest couple, Elton John and Graham Taylor * The Times * An ever-entertaining telling of a remarkable sporting fairy-tale. * Daily Telegraph * Entwining sport, music and social history, the absorbing Watford Forever is masterfully judged, saccharine-free, true-life fairy tale, which showcases another side of Elton John * i * A warm and redemptive tale . . . packed with anecdotes, moments that skewer the times with economy and prevision. Plus endless laugh-out-loud yarns…as Preston tells [Elton John and Graham Taylor’s] story, it rattles along at page-turning pace….it reads, indeed, like the script of a movie * Independent *