Saturday May 19 2012
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Dave’s dream ending in print
Posted on January 17 2009 at 4:47:34 0 comments
A “kitchen table” writer from Blackwell has seen his lifelong dream of getting his work published come true.
Dave Jeffery (pictured working in his kitchen) was born in the Black Country and spent most of his youth dreaming of writing and drawing comic strips for DC Thompson, creators of The Beano and The Dandy.
He completed his first novel, Badlands, at the age of ten and admits that it was “pretty awful”. He still has it hidden somewhere in his loft.
At school he used to write and illustrate comics for his school friends and sold them for a few pennies. When he was15 he was invited to Dundee to see DC Thompson’s offices after sending his portfolio to them. Nothing may have come of the visit but the ambition of being published continued.
It was finally realised when his red-haired heroine, Beatrice Beecham, was accepted for publication by Chipmunka Publishing, of London. His adventurous, super-sleuth teenager is currently on her second adventure with a third, Beatrice Beecham’s Cryptic Crypt, due out this autumn.
When he is not writing novels Dave works as a mental health practitioner. He has published an academic book with a major publishing company and articles in his field of mental health while presenting on the international stage. He is in the process of writing more articles for the nursing press for publication in 2009.
He is also author of Finding Jericho, a novel for young adults exploring the relationship between a 15-year-old boy and an uncle diagnosed with manic depression. This book has been endorsed by the mental health charity MIND.
If people would like more information about his work, Dave can be reached through http://www.davejeffery.webs.com or directly on: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dave’s Beatrice Beecham books are available at bookshops at £10 or on http://www.amazon.co.uk
See what a local youngster thought of Dave’s latest book here.
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