David Barnett (writer)
David Barnett is an English journalist and author. He began his journalism career in local newspapers, first the Wigan Observer and Chorley Guardian before moving on to the Lancashire Evening Post. He caught the tail-end of the era of typewriters before newsrooms replaced them with computers.
He has several published books, including Hinterland, Angelglass and The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales. Born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, he has worked at the Telegraph & Argus.
Novels
Hinterland Angelglass The Janus House and Other Two-Faced Tales popCULT! Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon Gideon Smith and the Mask of the Ripper The Handover Alien: Colony War Withered Hill- ''Scuttler's Cove''
Short stories
The End of the World Show – giant lizards attacking Tokyo and asteroids and zombies.Go – about the ghost of Jack KerouacIt's Nice But I Wouldn't Want To Die Here What Would Nite-Owl Do? State of Grace- ''Woman's Work''