David D.B. Thorne

David D.B. Thorne is a British author from Bristol, best known for writing psychological thrillers and mystery novels as David Thorne. He went to Queen Mary’s in London, where he studied English Literature though it never did teach him how to become a good author. Once he was done with college, he got into advertising and got a job writing ads for radio, TV, newspapers and anything his bosses shoved through his door. However, the advertising job did teach him economy, which would come in handy when he needed to keep the pace up. He did advertising for several years before he graduated to comedy writing, where he wrote scripts, gags, and sketches for the likes of Channel Four and the BBC. Thorne wrote scripts for the likes of Bob Mortimer, Alan Carr, and Jimmy Carr who are some of the best British comedians out there. He asserts that this was invaluable in developing his character writing skills since comedy demands that you become really good at taking risks in the development of characters. Similarly, sketches need to be bonkers, absurd and believable, which means that one needs to be able to take risks in their stride. This is what has made him an excellent thriller writer as he transferred the skills he got in comedy writing to his psychological and mystery works.