David Tallerman is the author of around one hundred short stories, comic scripts, and poems, as well as countless reviews and articles and at least one novel. Many of these are already available in print, online and in podcast; many others are due to appear over the next few months. Not liking to be pinned down, his work ranges from gruesome horror to comic fantasy, from political science-fiction to tales about mechnically assisted grizzly bears battling nazi dolphins on the moon.
He's been writing off and on since he was about six, drawing Enid Blyton comparisons in those early days, but thankfully less so recently. He's been writing absolutely flat out since around 2005, having realised that he enjoys it a lot more than any of the other jobs he's tried his hand at.
Most of his remaining time is eaten up by his regular employment as an itinerant IT Technician, and whatever's left he spends reading books, watching films, drinking wine and growing gigantic bonsai trees.
The photograph was taken near Robin Hood's Bay, which is somewhere behind the camera- person. There are some seals basking off to the left.
If you've never seen a seal up close then you should really try to, they're awesomely weird looking creatures.