David was born in 1936.
His father was killed in France in 1940, during the early stages of
the war. David was evacuated at the age of four, returning home
almost six years later. He joined the Merchant Navy at sixteen,
emigrated from England to New Zealand at seventeen and was
recruited into the NZ Army at eighteen. He married at twenty one
and helped raise three children.
He arrived back in the UK in 1994. Two years later, at the
age of sixty, he started a Tour Boat business on the Brighton
Marina. Ten years later he was diagnosed with prostate cancer,
sold his business and retired the following year.
In 2009, at the age of 73 he walked around England for Cancer
Research UK and the ACRF (Australian Cancer Research
Federation).
His first book The Big Walk, was a day-to-day account of
the above walk and was published in 2012.
In 2014 he wrote The Mud Pack, his first fiction novel, (only on Kindle)
A year later he completed his third book, If Only…! a
compelling romantic work.
The Rise of Merlin was the author’s first venture into the
fantasy genre….And then came – A Case of Retribution, an intriguing murder mystery.
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