David Gaffney Email & Phone Number

David Gaffney lives in Manchester. He is the author of the novels Never Never (2008) and All The Places I've Ever Lived (2017) plus the flash fiction and short story collections Sawn-Off Tales (2006), Aromabingo (2007), The Half-Life of Songs (2010) and More Sawn-Off Tales (2013). The Guardian said: ‘One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others.’ He has written articles for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times and Prospect magazine, and was a judge for the Bridport Prize. His story ‘The Staring Man’ is featured in Best British Short Stories, and his story ‘Insight’ featured in the collection We Were Strangers - stories inspired by Joy Division (2018) David’s graphic novel with Dan Berry, The Three Rooms In Valerie's Head was published in 2018 with Top Shelf and is currently being adapted for television by Warner Brothers.. His novel, Out of The Dark, is out in 2021 on Confingo, and his graphic novel Rivers, will be out in 2021 on Top Shelf. See www.davidgaffney.orgDavid also works for Arts Council England as a Senior Relationship Manager where he helps develop arts projects, assesses applications for funding, manages funding programmes, delivers talks and training sessions on arts funding and works with regularly funded arts organizations.

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