Will Iredale joined The Sunday Times in 1999, working first on the foreign news desk and subsequently the home news desk, where he specialised in undercover investigations. Since 2008 he has worked in media communications and currently advises businesses and individuals on their relationship with Fleet Street and the wider media. He lives in Kent with his family.

His first book, The Kamikaze Hunters, was published by Macmillan in 2015 and was Sunday Times top ten bestseller. His latest book, The Pathfinders, was published by Penguin in August 2022 and is also a Sunday Times top ten bestseller.