An expat Irishman, former teacher and 'professional student', now living in London with partner Jean, chameleon Charlotte and grown-up adopted daughter Cherelle living just down the road. One sci fi novel (Sirat, 2000) and two short story collections (The Rainbow Man, 2003 and 2010, and The Other End of the Rainbow, 2008 ) in print, plus a number of stories in magazines and anthologies and various competition successes. Co-editor of Gold Dust magazine and volunteer editor for Merilang Press and UKA Press. Interests include science, philosophy, world travel, wildlife-watching, photography, contemporary folk music, scuba diving, IT and cooking. Organiser of the annual UKAuthors.com holiday for writers. As a schoolboy and student David had some stories published in the pulp sci fi magazines of the late 1960s, then wrote little until about 30 years later, when he published 'Sirat' (which deals with the first emergence on earth of true electronic consciousness, heralding mankind's loss of intellectual supremacy) and, as a result of success in the Fish Short Story Competition and other things, two short story collections based on the character of The Rainbow Man, a mildly crazy Irish vagrant storyteller who inspires the children with whom he interacts to create imaginative narratives of their own. David is nearing retirement age and devoting more and more time to his writing.
