David Gemmell was born in London, England, in the summer of 1948.
Expelled from school at sixteen for organizing a gambling
syndicate, he became a laborer by day, and at night his
six-foot-four-inch, 230-pound frame allowed him to earn extra money
as a bouncer working nightclubs in Soho.
Born with a silver tongue, Gemmell rarely needed to bounce
customers, relying on his gift of gab to talk his way out of
trouble. At eighteen this gift led to a job as a trainee
journalist, and he eventually worked as a freelancer for the London
Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, and Daily Express. His first novel,
Legend, was published in 1984 and has remained in print ever since.
He became a full-time writer in 1986. David lives with wife,
Valerie, and his two children, Kate and Luke, in Hasting, England.
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