About Me
The Life of a Collyhurst Cowboy...
Colin Blaney has served time in jails in nine different countries and amassed criminal convictions for every offence under the sun. He has also carved out a career for himself as a writer, penning the true crime memoirs Grafters (Empire Books), Hotshot (Milo Books), and Undesirables (Milo Books). His writing has led to appearances on Danny Dyer’s The Real Football Factories, Cass Pennant’s award-winning Casuals documentary, Sky One’s Toughest Pubs in Britain and Channel 4’s Secrets of the Pickpockets.
Grafters
Colin's writing career began with the bestselling Grafters. It recieved critical acclaim, with Ian Brown listing it as being amongst his favourite books.
Hotshot and Undesirables
He then went on to write Hotshot, a hooligan biography about a United 'top lad', and 'Undesirables', which featured more exploits from the Wide Awake Firm and Inter City Jibbers.
Praise for Blaney...
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'Iconic scally book' - The Salford Star
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'A wired-up, beat-down, real-life version of Kerouac's Dean Moriarty' - Pete Walsh, Milo Books
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'Few are clued up on the criminal culture associated with hooliganism to the level that Blaney is' - Cass Pennant
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'Some of the more recent stuff he has written is pure brilliance' - Ian Hough, author of Perry Boys