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David Clensy
David Clensy spent more than 20 years working as an award-winning journalist in newspapers across Britain. His books cover everything from local history to folklore, travel to reportage. Keep up to date at www. davidclensy .com
A Wiltshire-based writer, originally from Birkenhead, in Merseyside, David Clensy was twice named South-West Feature Writer of the Year at the EDF Regional Media Awards. He has also worked as a magazine editor, sub-editor, communications officer and a senior copywriter. His books include Island Life: A History of Looe Island (2006), The Mole of Edge Hill (2006),Walking The Wolds Way (2007) and Walking The White Horses (2023).
In July 2023 Clensy won the Frome Festival Short Story Competition Local Prize. His short stories have also been long-listed in the Cranked Anvil Short Story Prize 2022, short-listed in the Wells Festival of Literature Short Story Competition 2022 and short-listed in the Yeovil Literary Prize 2023.
His debut novel, Prayer in Time of War, was released in February 2024. It tells the story of elderly veteran Ernie as he returns to an Italy transformed from his experiences during the Second World War, in search of the girl he left behind in the back streets of Naples half a century before. It made the Cheshire Novel Prize’s LLL Agent Showcase in 2023.
A Wiltshire-based writer, originally from Birkenhead, in Merseyside, David Clensy was twice named South-West Feature Writer of the Year at the EDF Regional Media Awards. He has also worked as a magazine editor, sub-editor, communications officer and a senior copywriter. His books include Island Life: A History of Looe Island (2006), The Mole of Edge Hill (2006),Walking The Wolds Way (2007) and Walking The White Horses (2023).
In July 2023 Clensy won the Frome Festival Short Story Competition Local Prize. His short stories have also been long-listed in the Cranked Anvil Short Story Prize 2022, short-listed in the Wells Festival of Literature Short Story Competition 2022 and short-listed in the Yeovil Literary Prize 2023.
His debut novel, Prayer in Time of War, was released in February 2024. It tells the story of elderly veteran Ernie as he returns to an Italy transformed from his experiences during the Second World War, in search of the girl he left behind in the back streets of Naples half a century before. It made the Cheshire Novel Prize’s LLL Agent Showcase in 2023.
Genres: Historical
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Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure
1. For Those in Peril (2025)
2. In Danger's Hour (2025)
3. The Mighty Ocean (2026)
1. For Those in Peril (2025)
2. In Danger's Hour (2025)
3. The Mighty Ocean (2026)
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