Hamdy was born and raised in
London, United Kingdom. He attended the
University of Oxford, and graduated with a degree in
law. He also holds a degree in
philosophy from the
University of London. Hamdy joined the consulting team at
Lloyd's of London. From there, he went on to join a niche
management consulting firm and worked in the technology and medical sectors. Using seed finance provided by the partners in his consulting firm, Hamdy founded a company that developed specialist
online payment systems. He raised £7.5m in
venture capital to launch the business. The business was later sold to one of the
venture capital investors. Hamdy left the corporate world to work as a
writer. His novel,
Pendulum, was published internationally by
Headline in November 2016. In January 2017 it featured on BBC Radio 2's Book Club.
Freefall and
Aftershock completed the Pendulum trilogy. Hamdy signed a three book deal with
Pan Macmillan for a new series of contemporary espionage books set against a backdrop of rising political extremism.
Black 13, the first book in the series was published in January 2020. The second book,
Red Wolves, was published in July 2021. Hamdy co-wrote
Private Moscow with James Patterson, and the book became a
Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in September 2020. The follow-up,
Private Rogue, became a Sunday Times bestseller upon publication in July 2021. His novel
The Other Side of Night was published in September 2022 by Pan Macmillan in the UK and Atria Publishing Group in the United States. Hamdy produced the feature film,
Pulp, which became the first film to ever premiere on the Xbox Video platform. In February 2020, Hamdy became a vocal critic of the
UK Government's response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and has written extensively on the subject. Further to this, Hamdy was one of the authors of the
John Snow Memorandum, which points out that from evidence-based considerations a "pandemic management strategy relying upon immunity from natural infections for COVID-19 is flawed". ==Works==