Dave Jeffery is a Bram Stoker Award®, British Fantasy Award and Bridport Prize finalist and author of 19 novels, and 3 collections. Other work includes the Beatrice Beecham supernatural mystery series for young adults (endorsed by Darren Shan) and the A Quiet Apocalypse series (endorsed by Nyle DiMarco). Screenwriting credits include award-winning short films Ascension and Derelict. In 2026, his Mood Swings adaptation won the Best Horror Feature Script Award at The Sykehouse International Film and Writer’s Festival.

He is a long-time contributor to Phantasmagoria Magazine, a first reader for Space and Time Magazine, and a regular book reviewer for The British Fantasy Society. Jeffery is also an anthologist with Flame Trees Press, co-editing the Bram Stoker Award® nominated, This Way Lies Madness. Prior to retirement in 2019, Jeffery worked for 35 years in the National Health Service (NHS), specialising in the field of mental health nursing and risk management. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Studies and a Master of Science Degree in Health Studies. During this time, he has worked with Whurr International, Wiley & Sons, and the Royal College of Nursing’s Mental Health Practice Magazine, writing academic papers and research articles. His literary criticism features in books published by Bloomsbury Academic and Peter Lang Publishing. Jeffery is also co-editor of Deafness and Challenging Behaviour (Wiley & Sons). His contemporary mental health novel, Finding Jericho, has featured on both the BBC Health and Independent Schools Entrance Examination Board’s ‘Recommended Reading’ lists.  

He is a registered mentor on the Horror Writers Association’s (HWA) Mentorship Scheme, and the 2022 recipient of the HWA Mentor of the Year Award. He is also a registered mentor with the British Fantasy Society. Jeffery ended a three-year tenure as co-chair of the HWA Wellness Committee in 2024.