Carl Anka

Carl Anka is a London-born journalist, former Shortlist contributor, and broadcaster who believes that everything deep down is a wrestling storyline. You Are A Champion, co-written with England International footballer and child food poverty campaigner, Marcus Rashford, is Carl’s debut novel (published by Macmillan Children’s Books, 2021). A follow up, You Can Do It, was released in July 2022. He has written for BBC, the Guardian, VICE, NME, GQ and BuzzFeed among other publications online and in print and specialises in writing about pop culture, video games, films and football. He is currently a reporter for sports media group The Athletic and resides in Manchester.