Born in Wales, Dave Franklin published his first story in a national fishing magazine at the age of sixteen. He immigrated to Australia in 1999 and made his living as a reporter, earning the distinction of being sacked twice by the same Perth-based newspaper group. He then spent nearly three years teaching English in South Korea, during which the mortality rate of the children under his care remained at an impressive zero. He now teaches ESL to adults in Brisbane, helping (among others) Thai Lady Boys get to grips with their past participles. The major theme of Dave's small, character-driven stories is alienation, the symptoms of which include male immaturity, misogyny, dysfunction, xenophobia, self-destruction, religion, violence and a childish glee in winding up the politically correct. There are no car chases or explosions in his books; instead he prefers graphic, twisted sex scenes while focusing on exasperated loners full of doubt. Readers who like his work tend to see its black comedy (and disdain for his own characters) whereas his harshest critics take everything at face value. Indeed, some observers would suggest that the highlight of his writing career, which has seen him produce ten novels, remains being published in a fishing magazine.A Handy Guide To Dave's Full-Length Work:DARK COMEDY / SATIRELooking For Sarah Jane Smith: A Riotous Black ComedyManic Streets of Perth: An Australian ComedyEnglish Toss on Planet Andong: A Dark Teaching ComedyEvil Arse Soup (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)The Muslim Zombies: A Satirical Horror NovelHORROR / SUPERNATURAL / DARK FANTASYStraitjacket Blues 1 - 3: Stories of UneaseThe Goodreads Killer: The TrilogyBegin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)Nice Man Jack: A Jack the Ripper NovellaPSYCHOLOGICAL / CRIMEGirls Like Funny Boys: A Dark Brisbane TaleTo Dare A Future: A Novel of RageRiders on the Storm and Other Killer SongsSaving a Child from GodA Promise of Pain (An anthology of the above two novels plus two novellas and a short story)EROTICA Bawdy Blokes: Three Porno FunniesWelcome to Wales, Girls: A Violent Odyssey of Pornographic FilthMOVIE NONFICTIONGo Fuck an Iceberg! A Brit's Take on Guns, Tits and Other Fun Movie StuffSmile, You Sonuvabitch! A Brit's Take on Catfights, Serial Killers and Other Fun Movie StuffRooney Eats It! A Brit's Take on Pimps, Child Deaths and Other Fun Movie StuffOh, My God! Ninja! A Brit's Take on Arnie, Icky Sex and Other Fun Movie StuffBunch of Snake Freaks! A Brit's Take on Dead Pets, Sleazeballs and Other Fun Movie StuffI'm the Honcho of the Hump! A Brit's Take on Hookers, Misfits and Other Fun Movie StuffRead more about this authorRead less about this author