About the Author

David A. Wimsett was born in Burbank, California, directly between NBC and Walt Disney Studios, a fact he believes had an effect on his life. He immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 2001 after visiting to research his first novel. He was so taken with the people and the place he moved there.

He worked in the computer field as a programmer, web developer, database administrator, technical writer and project manger. He has since retired from data automation and now devotes his time to writing poetry, short stories, novels and screenplays.

In his youth, he lived with the mental illness bi-polar disorder and repressed his emotions to counter the pain they brought. When he received a diagnosis and treatment allowing him to live a normal life, he had to learn how to engage with emotions and form relationships. As a result, he experienced prejudice, discrimination and was denied the opportunities enjoyed by many beginning writers, though he persevered, ran a computer consulting business, raised his son as a single parent and learned writing craft.

He is the author of five books of fiction, a novelette and a collection of short fiction. Based on his experience of living with prejudice and discrimination due to his illness, his stories and poetry follow characters of diverse genders, gender orientations, colors and ethnicities as they grow with the opportunity to examine themselves and their place in the world. He has won international awards for his writing. Four of his novels have won gold, silver and bronze medals for literary Sci-fi & Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Women’s Historical Fiction and Magic, Legends & Myth. Dragons Unremembered, the first book of his epic fantasy trilogy The Carandir Saga, was a quarterfinalist in Publisher Weekly’s Booklife Prize.

In addition to being an author, Mr. Wimsett is a film maker, photographer and composer. He has appeared on stage in comedies, dramas and musicals as well as TV and radio talk shows to discuss computers and computer education. He teaches writing workshops and mentors writers from around the world.

Mr. Wimsett is a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, the Canadian Freelance Guild, and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia where he sits on the professional Writer's Council.

He lives in a rural town near the sea in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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