Danny Rhodes

Danny Rhodes grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire before moving to Kent in 1994 to attend University in Canterbury. He has lived in the Cathedral city ever since.

After a number of his short stories appeared in magazines on both sides of the Atlantic his debut novel, 'Asboville' was published by Maia Press in October 2006. Well received by critics it was selected as a Waterstones Booksellers Paperback of the Year and long-listed for the Waverton Good Read Award. It has been adapted for BBC Films by the dramatist Nick Leather.

Rhodes' second novel 'Soldier Boy' was published in February 2009.

He is currently working on his third novel, set in the Midlands during the 1980s.

He continues to write short stories in a variety of genres. His latest published stories appear in Volume One of the quarterly publication 'The Fiction Desk', edited by Rob Redman (April 2011) and in the 10th Anniversary Issue of 'Openwide Magazine' edited by James Quinton, a publication which gave him one of his first breaks in writing back in 2003.

Watch this space for an update on his first venture into e-publishing. A collection of previously published short stories, 'The Knowledge and other stories', will be hitting Amazon Kindle, Smashwords and various other e-book retail sites in October 2011.

Visit his website at www.dannyrhodes.net for the latest information.