My book A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks reflects my lifelong fascination with underwater archaeology and maritime history. I've also written 13 novels, including eleven in my Jack Howard series of archaeological thrillers and two historical novels set in the Roman period. My books have sold over three million copies and been published in thirty languages.
Much of my writing is based on my own experiences as an archaeologist and diver. I learned to dive in Canada aged 15 and had dived under ice, in flooded mines and on shipwrecks before I had left school. As an undergraduate at the University of Bristol in England I spent my summers excavating Roman shipwrecks off Sicily, and I continued that as a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. After holding a Research Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a postdoctoral fellowship, I taught archaeology and ancient history as a university lecturer in England. Along the way I excavated more wrecks and at the ancient site of Carthage in Tunisia, held a Visiting Scholarship at St John’s College, Oxford and was an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Nautical Archaeology while diving on an ancient Greek
Bio
Much of the inspiration for my novels comes from my own experiences as an archaeologist and diver. I was born in Canada to English parents, grew up there, in New Zealand and in England, and continue to divide my time between England and Canada when I’m not on expeditions and travelling. After graduating with first-class honours from the University of Bristol I completed a PhD as a Research Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and then spent almost ten years as an academic in England teaching archaeology and ancient history before becoming a writer full-time. I'm a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow. I’ve been a passionate diver since boyhood, and have led many expeditions to investigate historic shipwrecks and other underwater sites around the world, including the Mediterranean, Britain and Canada. I continue to be actively involved in fieldwork and exploration as well as writing my novels - my fieldwork often provides ideas and discoveries that I use in my fiction - and much of the material that you can see on my web
Historical novels
I’ve published two novels of historical fiction - Destroy Carthage and The Sword of Attila. They were published in association with the Total War franchise by Pan Macmillan in the UK and St Martin’s Press in the US, and in ten other languages internationally. They were hugely enjoyable novels for me to write as they drew on my background in the history and archaeology of the ancient world. Click on the covers below to find out more about the novels, to see images and blogs on the historical backdrop, to read sample chapters and for a list of international editions linked to publishers and retailers.
Among the reviews:
'Superb scenes of the horrid surprises of war the road to that Roman victory is the true reading enjoyment' Kirkus Reviews
' simply breathtaking one of the best historical novels of the year. Gibbins has done a stunning job piecing together various historical sources to create an extraordinary tale'
'A hugely entertaining novel, thoroughly researched and vividly charactertised’Historia
The banner art was by Larry Rostant for the Pan Macmillan edition of The Sword of Attila.
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| Popular As | David William Gibbons |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Age | 62 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | July 31, (England, UK) |
| Birthday | July 31 |
| Town/City | England, UK |
| Nationality | UK |
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