David is passionate about podiatry and believes in the importance of promoting foot health and knowledge through case illustrations and encouraging people to take up podiatry as a career. He is a former consultant podiatric surgeon, clinical researcher, educationalist and is still registered. He has worked for both the education and NHS sectors as well as latterly joining an Independent hospital. Although retired, he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Podiatry and an Affiliate member of the University of Huddersfield.  As a full-time writer-author and public speaker he lives with his wife in the West Country and divides his time between writing and amateur dramatics, Nordic walking, travelling and researching medical and military history. During 2021 he produced several new titles, one, a short fictional book ‘Fatal Contracts’ available from Amazon. He has also written a children’s book for his grandchildren (published in 2014 – private sale only through his site).