David J. Forsyth

David J. Forsyth is a Canadian author whose ancestors emigrated from the British Isles in the early 20th century. His values and perspectives were shaped by the descendants of Irish weavers, Scottish crofters and English labourers. He began his career as a commercial artist and copy writer, and didn’t complete his first manuscript until after he retired.

His first work is a nostalgic memoir of near-forgotten times and values; of ice-boxes, tire swings and draught horses. A second non-fiction narrative recounts his sailing adventures while cruising the North Atlantic coasts and inland waterways of Canada and the United States. His third published work is a selection of poetry compiled over more than six decades.

A life-long passion for genealogical research, and a desire to preserve the fragile histories of ordinary people, inspired him to devote four years to researching and writing the story of a London war-bride and the soldier with whom she fell in love.

His first inroad into literary fiction, a collection of six short stories, will become available in 2022.