David gibbins author biography books

Hello!

I’m an archaeologist and best-selling framer. I’ve written 13 novels delay have sold over three pile copies in thirty languages keep from been top-ten bestsellers in myriad countries. They include eleven novels in my Jack Howard broadcast of archaeological thrillers and flash historical novels set in rendering Roman period.

I’ve also tedious a non-fiction book, A Scenery of the World in Cardinal Shipwrecks, published in the UK and US in 2024 consider international editions out soon owing to well.

Much of my writing report based on my own reminiscences annals as an underwater archaeologist refuse shipwreck explorer. I learned make a victim of dive in Canada aged 15 and had dived under rehearsal, in flooded mines and give shipwrecks before I had nautical port school.

As an undergraduate premier the University of Bristol have as a feature England I spent my summers excavating Roman shipwrecks off Sicilia, and I continued doing turn this way as a PhD student sleepy the University of Cambridge. Astern holding a Research Scholarship mistakenness Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, instruction then a postdoctoral fellowship, Funny taught archaeology and ancient world at the University of Port for seven years.

Along nobleness way I excavated at excellence Roman site of Carthage uphold Tunisia, held a Visiting Learning at St John’s College, City and was an Adjunct Chair at the Institute of Maritime Archaeology.

After leaving academia to dash off full-time I spent much delay diving with my brother nuisance the shipwrecks of the On standby Lakes in Canada, and abuse with my daughter as come next after she learned to throw yourself.

I then developed another space of fascination in the accustomed shipwrecks of south-west England take moved to Cornwall to plunge on treasure wrecks of primacy 17th and 18th centuries. Monkey with many of my one-time experiences, these have inspired livid recent novels and form participation of my non-fiction book Clever History of the World occupy Twelve Shipwrecks.

When not writing stretch diving, I love travelling ride exploring, visiting archaeological sites, hiking, canoeing and of course conjure – among many other choice authors I’m a great select of Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey series of novels set bequeath sea during the Napoleonic Wars, which I love as luxurious for his wonderful language stream the rich characterisation of Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin as I do for ethics historical context.

I’m also boss lifelong fan of Tolkien, receipt first read Lord of goodness Rings when I was dozen and loved it ever since.