John Mitchinson is the head of research for the British television
panel game QI, and is also the
managing director of
Quite Interesting Limited. He is co-writer of the
QI series of books with the show's creator
John Lloyd. The two men are normally referred to as "The Two Johns" and are seen as the main controllers of
QI, as they do most of the research of the show. His most recent work,
1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways, a collaboration with
John Lloyd and James Harkin, will be released in 2015 with
W.W. Norton and Company.