David a Wimsett

David A. Wimsett's goal is to create books with complex characters of diverse genders, colors and ethnicity, each having the opportunity for self-examination on a deep, personal level while facing realistic life challenges.

The tales are peopled with characters whose details are drawn from personal experience and interactions with individuals from different backgrounds to understand and respect their physical, cultural and emotional lives. From this, fictional characters are created who stand against prejudice and harassment, promote dignity for everyone, confront bigotry from sexism, racism, misogyny and religious intolerance and discover strength inside when hope fails.

His novels range from historical fiction to science fiction and epic fantasy. He composed songs for a fantasy series and placed the musical scores with lyrics and notation in an appendix. Beyond the Shallow Bank, his historical fiction novel set in 1901 with elements of the selkies, seal people from Cletic Mythology, was a first-place winner at The BookFest Awards for Magic, Legend & Lore and a third place winner for Historical Fiction. Covenant With the Dragons, the final installment of his fantasy series The Carandir Saga, won third place for Literary Science Fiction & Fantasy and honorable mention for Epic Fantasy. He was a runner up in the Askance 2020/2021 Short Story Competition for his urban fantasy and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia's 2021 Postcard Poetry context. His urban short story won the 20009 Magelsforf Award for Writing Excellence.

Mr. Wimsett earned a certificate in television writing with honors from UCLA.

His articles and photographs have appeared in newspapers and magazines in print and online. They cover women’s issues, personal stories, writing craft and social commentary.

Mr. Wimsett lives in a rural community near the sea. He is a member of the Writer’s Union of Canada, the Canadian Freelance Guild and the Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia, sitting on the Writer's Council.