The Necessary Deaths

David C. Dawson is an author, award-winning journalist, and documentary maker living near Oxford in the UK. He has traveled extensively, filming in nearly every continent of the world. He has lived in London, Geneva, and San Francisco, but now prefers the tranquility of the Oxfordshire countryside. David is a mathematics graduate from Southampton University in England. After graduating, he joined the BBC in London as a trainee journalist. He worked in radio newsrooms for several years before moving to television as a documentary director. During the growing AIDS crisis in the late eighties, he is proud to say that he directed the first demonstration of putting on a condom on British television. After more than twenty years with the BBC, he left to go freelance. He has produced videos for several charities, including Ethiopiaid, which works to end poverty in Ethiopia, and Hestia, a London-based mental health charity. David has one son, who is also a successful filmmaker. In his spare time, David tours Europe on his aging Triumph motorbike and sings with the London Gay Men's Chorus. He has sung with the Chorus at St Paul's Cathedral, The Roundhouse and the Royal Festival Hall, but David is most proud of the time they sang at the House of Lords, campaigning for equal marriage to be legalized in the UK. In 2017, David was an award winner in the President's Awards for Adult Suspense and Thrillers. Website: www.davidcdawson.co.uk Blog: blog.davidcdawson.co.uk/#home Twitter: @david_c_dawson Facebook: www.facebook.com/david.c.dawson.5 LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/davidcdawson Email: contact@davidcdawson.co.uk