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D.J. Webber

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January 05, 1977 in The United Kingdom

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Roald Dahl, Jane Austin

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David Webber was born in Kent, England in 1977. From ages 3 to 11 he lived in "Foxhole", a tiny hamlet in Seven Sisters Country Park, East Sussex where his step-father was a ranger. The "Seven Sisters" cliffs have appeared many times in the movies, for example in the opening act of "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves". David and the other "Foxhole" children ran a small museum in a nearby barn where they exhibited various curiosities. Among their collection were the skulls of badgers, foxes and sheep. They even had a coypu skull. They also exhibited local fossils and one rusty man-trap. They charged entrance at 10p for adults and 5p for children, one summer making over £60.

Between the ages of 11 and 18 he lived in the picturesque village of Alfris...more David Webber was born in Kent, England in 1977. From ages 3 to 11 he lived in "Foxhole", a tiny hamlet in Seven Sisters Country Park, East Sussex where his step-father was a ranger. The "Seven Sisters" cliffs have appeared many times in the movies, for example in the opening act of "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves". David and the other "Foxhole" children ran a small museum in a nearby barn where they exhibited various curiosities. Among their collection were the skulls of badgers, foxes and sheep. They even had a coypu skull. They also exhibited local fossils and one rusty man-trap. They charged entrance at 10p for adults and 5p for children, one summer making over £60.

Between the ages of 11 and 18 he lived in the picturesque village of Alfriston with two women - his mother and older sister. After that he moved to Cardiff, Wales to study Philosophy where he lived in squalour with 8 other male students. They had mice in the cupboards and the occasional slug wandered into the kitchen from outside.

Whilst studying Philosophy David excelled in Predicate Logic so he decided to take a Masters in Computer Science. He graduated around the time of the Dotcom boom and moved to London to work. He was later posted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on a big government project. Surreally, he lived in a hotel and spent every waking hour with ten Swedish colleagues, and a geordie named Gary Binns. One of the Swedes, Viktoria, became his wife!

They didn't marry straight away - they went on a round the world trip, spending time in New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. This was when he wrote the first draft of his book, "Oom". Oom, incidentally, is based on stories told to him by his father many years before.

He has lived in Sweden with Viktoria since 2003. The have one son, Elias, who is 2, and are expecting a baby in January.

David now earns a living programming for a big Internet company based in Stockholm. His programming skills played a large part in helping him to complete Oom - he created his own specialised word processor program called "Novello" (He is currently giving this product away free at http://novello.sourceforge.net). He became disillusioned with Microsoft Word when could not keep track of all the little edits he had to make to the manuscript.

David welcomes emails from readers to davew1977@yahoo.co.uk (less)

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Sorry, No Oomlings but New Baby

I forgot to note on this blog that I had to retire the Oomlings website. Maybe I'll resurrect it when I have more time but for now I'm way to busy with the new baby, a little girl, who arrived on the 4th Jan.

She hasn't got a name yet. Any suggestions? read more »

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D.J. Webber added: Oom by D.J. Webber (Goodreads Author) read in November, 2009	My rating:
Set in the dry Australian grasslands, "Oom" uses an original take on the boy-meets-alien storyline to provide an intriguing look at humanity from the outside. When Oom, an alien exiled from his home planet, appears to Joe, the ten year old son of an...more
Jan 27, 2010 11:38pm · see review
D.J. Webber made a comment in the group Tips for Self Promotion, Sales, and Advertising — How about an honest author book review exchange? topic "Hi DW, I would be interested in a review exchange. I see you have published four books, and I would like to read the one you are most proud of! If you a...more "
Jan 26, 2010 06:18am
D.J. Webber made a comment in the group Tips for Self Promotion, Sales, and Advertising — Amazon Tagging, Episode IV: A New Hope topic "We have reached 25 books now! Here is another list of the authors, amazon links and requested tags. The idea is to make it as convenient as possible t...more "
Jan 11, 2010 11:14am
D.J. Webber read and liked "Open Arms" by Jennifer "Open Arms Dedicated To my Unborn Child When I heard the news, I swelled up with tears. It won't be long 'til my sweet angel is here. But little did I know that time would never come. My angel was gone befo"
Jan 10, 2010 11:45am · read story
D.J. Webber gave to: Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe by Simon Singh read in December, 2009	My rating:
I loved this book. It was the first one I've actually finished in a while. I am a regular reader of NewScientist and have read a lot of popular science books about the cosmos but I think I learnt more from this than any other. This could be because t...more
Dec 30, 2009 04:04am · see review
D.J. Webber made a comment on Oom — Philosophy and kids "I distinctly remember wondering, as a kid, whether I was actually the only person in the world and everyone else was an illusion. I remember thinking...more "
Dec 23, 2009 04:39am
D.J. Webber made a comment in the group Tips for Self Promotion, Sales, and Advertising — New blog/facebook page topic "I believe I was Cassie's first "customer" and this is a great service that she's providing here. I got some valuable feedback on my book. Highly recom...more "
Dec 22, 2009 02:07am
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D.J. Webber liked Juliet Hills's review of Oom: " I ordered this book for my 10 year old son for Christmas, (mainly attracted by the eye-catching cover), and it looked so intriguing I just had to read it myself! I imagine it would be a challenging read for some 10 year olds as there are some comp... " Read more of this review »
Dec 09, 2009 11:54am · see review