David Wake was the Chairbeing of the University of Birmingham Science Fiction and Fantasy Society and a member of SF fandom ever since. He started writing for the theatre in 1998, with 18 plays produced, winning awards and taking two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe.

It was while taking an MA in Creative Writing at Birmingham City University that he was introduced to Indie Publishing.

He’s published 14 novels and you can find them Here in the UK and Here in the US.

The Derring-Do Club steampunk adventure series started with The Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead(ArmadaCon 2013) and continued with The Derring-Do Club and the Year of the Chrononauts (Worldcon 2014), The Derring-Do Club and the Invasion of the Grey (Mancunicon 2016), The Derring-Do Club in Death on the Suez (Ytterbium 2019) and The Derring-Do Club and the Sisterhood of the Death-Goddess (ArmadaCon 2022).

The Thinkersphere series is Hashtag (Eastercon 2014), Atcode (Redemption 2019) and Plus Sign(Concentric 2020).

I, Phone (Eastercon 2013), Crossing the Bridge (2017), Roninko (ArmadaCon 2019), The Murders of Conky Whallop (2022) and Dawn and Dave of the Dead (2023) are all stand-alone novels.

His new The Daughters of Égraine trilogy starts with The Jackdaw’s Choice (ArmadaCon 2024).  It continues with The Crow’s Law (ArmadaCon 2025).

The Dragon Sword Trilogy, written with J. R. Steel, begins with A Dragon in the Title (ArmadaCon 2025).

He’s been a Guest of Honour at the SF conventions, ArmadaCon and Redemption.

He’s on Facebook: Facebook Author Page and @davidwake.bsky.social.

He co-founded New Street Authors with Andy Conway, see newstreetauthors, which is a collective of Birmingham-based independent publishers.

And advice on indie publishing can be found at Punk Publishers.

Below are the recordings from the panels David has kindly taken part in…

The 1pm: Ideas Panel, the fourth panel of the 25 Jan 2026 Festival …

And the 5pm: Science-fiction (SF), fantasy (F) and horror (H) panel, the eighth panel of the 25 Jan 2026 Festival …

And the Monday Mini-Fest #3b: Plotting and Pantsing…

And do watch Morgen’s epic chat with David about his writing journey (among many other topics!):