David Williams
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David grew up as one of seven children in a mining community in the North East of England, a childhood he has written about with humour and affection in his recent collection of short stories We Never Had It So Good.
He is a freelance author and playwright with many BBC broadcasts, books and plays for schools published in the
His work for schools covers a wide age range. They include books for school leavers, books and plays for reluctant adolescent readers, a host of short playscripts for primary readers, and illustrated short factual books. He also has a long list of radio plays for BBC Schools to his name.
David is a popular reader of his own work, and is equally comfortable running writing or drama workshops, or enabling themed sessions. Having begun his career as an English and Drama teacher in high school in the 1970s, for many years he worked as a facilitator, presenter and motivational speaker for adult audiences, and has been able to transfer his highly interactive methods of engagement to succeed with younger audiences too.
Currently, David is working on an exciting historical novel about the father-and-son railway pioneers, George and Robert Stephenson.
A short selection of books by David Williams
We Never Had It So Good – a collection of short stories through the eyes of a miner’s son growing up in the late 1950s
Bikers! – a play about young bikers riding into trouble.
No Good at Games – a play about a timid lad who finally learns to stand up for himself.
Scripts and Poems for Reading Aloud – a series for Key Stage 2 readers, including the short playlets It’s My Dog, Don’t Tell, The Wolf Who Cried and Right!
The First Emperor of
