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*Out early February:* DAVID'S BRAND NEW NOVEL, *“Shadow Bringer”* *published by OUP, out February 2009*
David Calcutt was born in United Kingdom in the town of Wednesbury in the industrial West Midlands. He has worked as a playwright, director and storyteller, has written and directed several large-scale community plays. He has also written many plays and adaptations for BBC Radio. His first plays were written for youth theatres, and several of his plays for young people are published for use in schools and colleges. Most of his more recent plays have been written with and for the Midland Actors Theatre, with whom he maintains a close working relationship He is also a poet and novelist. His first novel, “Crowboy”, was published recently by Oxford University Press, and a second is due next year. He is currently working on a book of stories about Robin Hood.
David has written and made up stories for as long as he can remember. As a boy, he liked reading comics and watching cowboy films. The two books that really fired imagination were “Treasure Island” and “Moby Dick”. Along with “Don Quixote”, they remain favourites. Mythology and folklore are another source of inspiration.	David was recently awarded a grant from Arts Council England to work on a new novel, Hobs Well.
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