David has spent the last 25 years establishing Goldsboro Books as the UK’s leading and most successful independent bookstores. In that time he has established strong relationships with editors and authors within the UK’s major publishing houses. He has an unrivalled reputation for knowing what readers want to read and is a champion for debut authors of great stories. He created the UK’s largest collectors’ book club, which sells  thousands of hardback fiction every month. David has won awards for bookselling and in 2015, 2020 and 2021, he was included in the The Bookseller’s Top 100 most influential people in publishing. David is also also the MD (and Literary Agent) of the DHH Literary Agency. He also runs London’s largest literary crime festival, Capital Crime.