David Gaffney

David Gaffney lives in Manchester. He is the author of the novels Never Never (Tindall Street 2008) and All The Places I've Ever Lived ( Urbane 2017) plus the short story collections Sawn-Off Tales (Salt 2006), Aromabingo (Salt 2007), The Half-Life of Songs (Salt 2010) and More Sawn-Off Tales (Salt 2013). 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 was featured in Best British Short Stories. His graphic novel with Dan Berry, The Three Rooms In Valerie's Head, was published in 2018 on Top Shelf, and David and Dan's current graphic novel Rivers is out now, also on Top Shelf. David's novel, Out Of The Dark, is out now on Confingo. He has published two graphic novels with Dan Berry – The Three Rooms In Valerie’s Head (2018) and Rivers (2021) – and his third graphic novel, Dig Deep is out in 2025 on Top Shelf. His short story collection Concrete Fields (Salt Publishing, 2023) was longlisted for the Edgehill prize, and his pamphlet, Whale, came out in 2024 on Osmosis Press.The Guardian said: ‘One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others.' (https://www.davidgaffney.org/)