article_title birth_date
daniel ford -lrb- editor and writer -rrb-
 1967
daniel ford -lrb- editor and writer -rrb-

daniel ford -lrb- born england 1967 -rrb- is a british/south african writer , editor and publisher .
after emigrating to south africa in 1994 , he joined independent newspapers , working on the weekend argus and forming part of the launch team for sunday life magazine .
he was subsequently appointed editor of that title before being recruited by condé nast to launch the men 's title gq , again as editor .
he later teamed up with the south african broadcasting corporation to launch another title , this time translating the weekly top billing tv programme into a print magazine .
he launched two dogs , a book imprint aimed at men readers , in partnership with struik publishers , an initiative the mail & guardian dubbed dick lit .
he returned to england to produce books for the international co-edition market .
ford was interviewed by dataifx in 2010
