Early Years
Dave Simpson has had many different careers on the road to becoming a writer. He is an ex-teacher, ward orderly, hot potato merchant, encyclopaedia salesman and a doffer in a Yorkshire mill, although writing was always his passion. He started his career in the BBC and was Resident Writer for the Library Theatre in Manchester for two years. He wrote several plays for them including The Beauty Game, The Cheeky Chappie (about the comedian Max Miller), Soapbox and A Marginal Affair. He also did several Christmas shows, including The Prince and the Pauper, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Secret Garden (which went on a nationwide tour), and The Little Princess (which was then adapted for BBC Radio).
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