Jack Dutton

Jack Dutton is a British author writing about power, influence, behaviour, resilience and the strange realities of modern adult life.

His work draws on decades of real-world experience across working-class trades, professional services and senior leadership roles, where success often depended less on talent and more on understanding people, motives and unspoken rules. Having seen first-hand how capable individuals are steered, flattered, pressured or quietly manipulated, Jack writes for readers who sense something is off long before they can properly explain why.

His first major work, Strings Attached, explores manipulation in families, workplaces, relationships and business, combining personal experience with practical insight into how influence really operates beneath everyday life.

He is also the author of Selling Bullshit, an unapologetic look at modern sales culture, persuasion, image and performance, drawing heavily from years spent working in property, negotiation and client-facing business environments. Alongside this, he also wrote The Homeowner’s Guide to the Psychology of Selling, a more practical examination of the emotional and behavioural realities behind moving house.

His latest book, The Hangover Survival Guide, mixes real science, cultural cures and brutally familiar experience to explore what alcohol actually does to the body, why hangovers seem to worsen with age, and the strange rituals people swear by the morning after.

Alongside his books, Jack co-created the ENOUGH. drink-tracking app, designed as a straightforward, non-preachy way for people to keep an eye on their drinking without lectures or slogans. He has also worked on creative app projects including the card game Three Little Words.

His writing is direct, grounded and deliberately free of jargon. He is less interested in theory than in what actually happens when idealism collides with reality.

Jack lives in the North West of England and continues to write about psychology, resilience, modern life and the quiet systems that shape people more than they realise.