Born in Wales, Dave Franklin published his first story in a national fishing magazine at the age of sixteen. He emigrated to Australia in 1999 and made his living as a reporter, earning the distinction of being sacked twice by the same Perth-based newspaper group. He then spent nearly three years teaching English in Korea, during which the mortality rate of the children under his care remained at an impressive zero. He now teaches ESL to adults in Brisbane, helping (among others) Thai Lady Boys get to grips with their past participles.The major theme of Dave's small, character-driven stories is alienation, the symptoms of which include male immaturity, misogyny, dysfunction, xenophobia, violence, self-destruction and a childish glee in winding up the politically correct. There are no car chases or explosions in his books; instead he prefers outlandish sex scenes while focusing on exasperated loners full of doubt. People who like his work tend to see its humour (and disdain for his own characters) whereas his harshest critics take everything at face value. Indeed, some observers would argue that the highlight of his writing career, which has seen him produce ten books, remains being published in a fishing magazine.A Handy Guide To Dave's Full-Length Work:DARK COMEDY / SATIRELooking For Sarah Jane SmithManic Streets of PerthEnglish Toss on Planet AndongEvil Arse Soup (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)HORROR / SUPERNATURAL / DARK FANTASYStraitjacket Blues 1 - 3The Goodreads Killer: The TrilogyBegin The Madness: The Straitjacket Blues Trilogy (A bargain-priced anthology of the above titles)Nice Man Jack: A Jack The Ripper NovellaCRIME / PSYCHOLOGICALGirls Like Funny Boys: A Dark Brisbane TaleTo Dare A Future: A Novel of RageEROTICA / HUMOURBawdy Blokes: Three Porno Funnies