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David Wake

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The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Thriller, Humor and Comedy

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David Wake started as a playwright, taking shows to London and the Edinburgh Fringe, and winning awards (and drinking lager out of one piece of silverware at the celebratory curry).

He completed an MA in Writing at Birmingham City University, co-edited the anthology and received that year's screenwriting award.

His novels cover SF, steampunk and more. He has two series, the Derring-Do Club adventures, the Thinkersphere near-future police procedurals and stand-alone ranging from samurai revenge thriller, political satire pub crawl and a cosy mystery.

He co-founded and co-runs New Street Authors, an indie publishing collective based in Birmingham, UK. He's the inventor of the drabble, which are stories of exactly 100 words.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 145 ratings · 56 reviews · 26 distinct works

	The Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead (The Derring-Do Club, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derring-Do Club and the Year of the Chrononauts (The Derring-Do Club, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Phone 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derring-Do Club and the Invasion of the Grey (The Derring-Do Club, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murders of Conky Whallop 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Christmas Carol 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Street Stories - An Anthology of New Writing by New Street Authors by David Wake (Goodreads Author), David Wake (Goodreads Author), A.A. Abbott (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Derring-Do Club in Death on the Suez (The Derring-Do Club #4) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Hashtag: A techno-crime thriller (Thinkersphere Book 1) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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As Close to Perfection As Can Be

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

Leonardo Da Vinci.

I’m approaching the abandoning point of quite a few projects. I’m not saying they are Art, but they are carefully crafted art. The trick is to realize when you are about to make it worse and stop.

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Series by David Wake

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Thinkersphere (2 books)
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The Other Christmas Carol: A Tonic for the Xmas Spirit

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David Wake wrote a new blog post As Close to Perfection As Can Be “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”Leonardo Da Vinci.I’m approaching the abandoning point of quite a few projects. I’m not saying they are Art, Read more of this blog post »
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Dave Gullen and Gaie Seabold have written a wonderful gem of a book. There are poems, songs and stories with emotions ranging from anger to love to humour. It’s heartfelt, powerful and funny, and despite the theme, cancer, it’s an uplifting collectio ...more
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“It was during Latin that the Austro-Hungarians arrived with their dogs and zombies to kill everyone at the Eden College for Young Ladies.”
― David Wake, The Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead

tags: humor, humour, opening-lines, steampunk, zombies

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