David Griffiths

Hi. I'm currently based in Liverpool with my partner and two children. I've worked for many years as a teacher in Further Education, teaching English, Psychology, Sociology, History, Creative Writing, Access to Higher Ed: you name it. I worked in F.E. as Head of the English, History and Sociology departments (simultaneously) and left recently to lecture in English and Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University after completing a PhD. I've had numerous short stories published in small press magazines and wrote briefly for the Fiction Department at Games Workshop - I'm particularly proud of one called "Approaching Dealey Plaza" which was published in Scribble and summarizes twelve years of teacherly angst in the space of seven tragically well-observed pages. Currently I'm writing a sequel to How to Hear Ghosts - all part of a series of adventures for Ollie and his 'psychic' uncle. During my time at MMU I've become a devotee of YA fiction. In my spare time I enjoy trying to brainwash my kids into appreciating that music was better fifty years ago whilst ferrying them around in the car and watching the contempt stir behind their eyes. I'm also trying to talk everyone into letting me buy a dog so I'll have someone to talk to.