Daniel Depp

Daniel Depp is an author, screenwriter and occasional producer. He is also the half brother of actor Johnny Depp. Daniel Depp has worked on such flms as The Brave and co-runs a production company with his brother.Telegraph: Depp's Brother to Publish (May 9, 2008) He releases his first book, Loser's Town with Simon and Schuster Publishers in March 2009. A sequel has also been commissioned.

Loser's Town centers around a highly paid actor in Hollywood and a boss in an organized crime ring who blackmails him to appear in his family's film.

"It's about a fictitious gangster who decides the only way to get someone to make his film is to blackmail a famous actor to be in it. This is no connection to Johnny. It's about Daniel wanting to be recognised as a writer rather than as Johnny's brother. There's no gossip in it. You read it for finding out how Hollywood works."—Meg Davis, describing Loser's TownIndependent UK: How Do You Get A Novel Published? (May 9, 2008)