David gibbins author biography

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.

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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 fieldw