Dave Jeffery: Author
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- About Me
- Member of the Society of Authors, Dave Jeffery is 44 and lives with his family in rural Worcestershire. He 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.
Dave 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, selling them for a few pennies. At 15 years of age, 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 dream of getting work published continued.
This year has seen this life-long ambition fulfilled when his red-haired heroine, Beatrice Beecham was accepted for publication by Chipmunka Publishing Ltd, London. This adventurous, super-sleuth teenager is currently on her second adventure with a third, Beatrice Beecham’s Cryptic Crypt, due out in autumn 2009.
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 whilst 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 who has been diagnosed with manic depression. This book has been endorsed by the major mental health charity MIND.
If people would like more information about his work, Dave can be reached here or through his website: www.davejeffery.webs.com, or directly at: davebjeffery@btinternet.com.
For requests regarding book signings, school visits and appearances, please contact Jackie Kain via: jskmedia@yahoo.co.uk
- What are you working on at the moment?
- The third book in the Beatrice Beecham adventure/mystery series, Beatrice Beecham's Cryptic Crypt.
Updates can be found at: www.davejeffery.com.
- If you were asked to recommend just one children's book published this year, what would it be?
- Riding Icarus by Lilly Hyde.
- What is the most important thing you learned about writing or illustrating this year?
- It is the characters who tell the tale, not the author!
Promotional Materials for my Work: Published and Pending.
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Happenings
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Illustration: Michael Foreman's War Boy Exhibition
November 10, 2009 to December 23, 2009 – National Army Museum, Chelsea
Exploring some of the complex themes of the World Wars and the civilian connection with the British Army, War Boy is a unique opportunity to see original artwork by leading children's illustrator M...
Organized by National Army Museum | Type: exhibition
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FEDERATION OF CHLDREN'S BOOKGROUPS CONFERENCE
April 9, 2010 at 4pm to April 11, 2010 at 4pm – Bradfield College - Reading
READ IT AGAIN!! Conference 2010 The Conference will be opened by Anthony Horowitz, celebrating 10 years of Alex Rider and will be closed by William Nicholson. In between we will be delighted and en...
Organized by Jackie Marchant | Type: conference
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Festival of Writing, York
April 10, 2010 to April 11, 2010 – York
http://www.festivalofwriting.com/index.shtml Good line up and worth going if anyone is in the area - workshops, one-to-ones, agents, publishers, authors. They're taking bookings from tomorrow - fi...
Organized by The Writer's Workshop | Type: writing, festival
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London Book Fair 2010
April 19, 2010 to April 21, 2010 – Earl's Court, London
The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring in the ...
Organized by London Book Fair | Type: book fair
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Children's Writers Conference in Italy
June 18, 2010 to June 21, 2010 – Duino, Italy
Do you have an interest in writing for children or young adults? Whether published or unpublished, you are very welcome to join us at an exciting new Conference. The Children’s Writers’ Conference...
Organized by Ruth Eastham ruth_eastham@yahoo.com | Type: conference
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I've ordered Beatrice. She'll be sneaking up and spying in my window any day now. I'll write you back as soon as I've read them.
best,
Lauren
Your work looks fascinating. I love dark, wild Beatrice. I have a question for you: how did you set up your first book to prepare the reader for a series?
If you have time, I'd love to hear from you.
Lauren
Thanks for the interest! Now, to get my head around fiddling with 'stuff' on thes pages.
Anne-Marie
Thanks for the welcome. Your books look interesting. Hope lots of people turn up for the event. Good luck!
Karen
Thanks for the info about your book signing - not cheeky at all - why don't you create an event with the details. I've only just realised that anyone on Ning can create an event - if you don't want to make it public, you can set it so that the whole wide web can't find you and invite people individually. The events tab is across the top of the page.
No, it's not my first NHS job. I've also done some illustrations for the Maudsley and, many years ago, filed x-rays for a living at a hospital in Essex.
You're work looks great, I'll have a peep at your website later.
Amanda
Many thanks for your kind comments! It really is appreciated!
Fantastic to hear that you are a signer as well.
Your work looks great!
Cheers
Garry
Good Luck with Beatrice Beecham, the third!
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