David is a published non-fiction health author with HarperCollins, Hodder & Stoughton and Sun Choh, previously CEO and Chairman of a British stress management PLC.
David is a stress management consultant by profession, and the subconscious mind is his area of expertise. In 1987, he turned his pilot practice into an award-winning nationwide franchise. By 1994, the enterprise had grown to 92 consultancies, and David had made his first million pounds.
But then he did something that no stress manager should ever do...
He suffered a stroke that paralysed one side of his body from mouth to foot while still in the prime of life. Three days later, in hospital, he had another stroke; this one was serious.
He lost everything: his business, his house, the jet-set lifestyle, the fast cars and the fast women, but he was not prepared to settle for life in a wheelchair. Adopting stress management techniques that he had once used to help his clients to overcome their psychological problems, he made a full recovery over a four-year period while convalescing in the Cornish fishing village of Polperro.
David’s non-fiction self-help book After Stroke was published in the UK by Thorsons, in the USA by HarperCollins, and in Japan by Sun Choh, notching up UK sales alone of 20,000 copies. David was featured in the Sunday Express Magazine and was interviewed on BBC TV, Channel 5 News, and ITV’s THIS MORNING programme with Richard and Judy. Richard Madeley, live on TV, described the book as “excellent”.
David is the author of a series of professional stress management training manuals for industry and The Little Book of Recovery, as well as Beat Depression, published by Hodder and Stoughton, with an Arabic edition by Jarir. He lives with his wife, Tatiana, a Russian mathematician and teacher, in Plymouth, Devon.
Quarterfinalist
The Happiness Angel
Chicago Screenplay Awards
Chicago
2022
Semifinalist
The Happiness Angel
ScreenCraft Feature Competition 2021
2022
Silver Winner - Best Comedy Screenplay
The Happiness Angel
WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
Houston
2022
WINNER – BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
The Happiness Angel
New York Movie Awards
New York
2022
SILVER WINNER - BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
The Happiness Angel
Florence Film Awards
Florence, Italy
2022
WINNER - Best International Faeture Script
The Happiness Angel
8 & Halfilm Awards New York
New York
2022
WINNER - BEST FEATURE SCRIPT / SCREENPLAY
The Happiness Angel
Golden Eagle Film Festival India
India
2022
WINNER – BEST 1ST TIME SCREENWRITER - FEATURE
The Happiness Angel
Oniros Film Awards New York
New York
2022
WINNER – BEST THRILLER SCRIPT
The Happiness Angel
Oniros Film Awards New York
New York
2022
WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
The Happiness Angel
Oniros Film Awards New York
New York
2022
Quarterfinalist
Tasered
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Fall 2021
Los Angeles
2022
WINNER – BEST COMEDY
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International Manhattan Film Awards
New York
2022
WINNER – BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Tasered
Stanley Film Awards
London
2022
WINNER – CINE VISION BEST SCREENPLAY
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Indie Cine Tube Awards
2022
WINNER - Best Action Screenplay
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Prague International Film Awards 2021/2022 Spring Edition
Prague
2022
WINNER – BEST THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Tasered
Košice International Film Festival
Košice, Slovakia
2022
WINNER - BEST FEATURE SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY
Tasered
Golden Sparrow International Film Festival
India
2022
Platinum Winner - Best Thriller Screenplay
Tasered
WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
Houston
2022
Best Thriller Script Award WINNER
Tasered
Oniros Film Awards®
New York
2022
Finalist
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Awareness Festival
Los Angeles
2021
A stress management consultant by profession.
Published non-fiction author of health books.
Very much enjoyed meeting Dame Joan Collins in Marbella.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
― Calvin Coolidge
David is a published non-fiction health author with HarperCollins, Hodder & Stoughton and Sun Choh, previously CEO and Chairman of a British stress management PLC.
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