David George Richards

I was born in Manchester in the North West of England in 1957. Although I have moved around a bit, and now live in Windermere in the Lake District, Manchester is still my spiritual home.

I have an imagination that began when I was very young and never waned. I also like reading and so it was no surprise I suppose when I started writing. Because I am an unknown who has never been picked up by either an Agent or mainstream Publisher, I am a bit of a one man band. I even do my own covers and have become a bit of a digital artist as a result.

I started writing when I was young and very bad. Now I am older and a lot better. My writing has improved too. I write science fiction, fantasy, historical and romance stories. I also like to mix and match with romance in science fiction and so on. One is even a comedy.

Female characters feature very prominently in my stories, many of them in strong and attractive leading roles. It gives my stories a female bias, but I think they are better for it. I also like every character, even the monsters and villains, to have a realistic reason for being and doing what they do. Like reality, everything blurs. There is no right or wrong, just different viewpoints that lead to conflict. But I also like my out and out villains to be really bad.

If you like science fiction, thrillers and romance stories with particular emphasis on leading female characters that are exciting and adventurous, give me a shot.