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.
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.
Modern Era Naval Fiction
The author’s official web site is davidclensy.com