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David Vernon

David Vernon (born 1965 in Canberra, Australia) is an Australian writer and publisher. He has published several books relating to scepticism and childbirth.

Biography

Vernon is the only son of Michael Vernon and Jeanette Vernon. He established two businesses while at University, Whiahwe Waiting Services that provided catering to diplomatic missions in Canberra, and MangoSoft, a software development house. He graduated from the Australian National University with qualifications in political science and economics in 1988. He subsequently obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law from University of Canberra and completed a Master of Environmental Science from Griffith University. He was editor of Argos, the Journal of the Canberra Skeptics from 1986 until 1991. He was assistant editor of the Australian Sinclair Gazette. He later became a contributor to the journal of the Australian Skeptics, The Skeptic. He writes occasional science articles for The Canberra Times and also writes short stories for adults[1] and children.

He spent ten years working in the Australian Public Service, working in the Attorney-General's Department and the Environment Department before resigning in 2007. He was Chair of the Lyneham Primary School Board from 2008 to 2012. He was elected chair of the Gold Creek School in 2011 and Chair of Gungahlin College in 2015. He was elected member of the Board of the ACT Writers Centre in 2012 and in 2013 was elected Deputy Chair. .[2] In 2014 he was elected Chair of the Centre.[3]

He co-edited the book Skeptical – A handbook of pseudoscience and the paranormal in 1989 with Donald Laycock, Colin Groves and Simon Brown. In 2005 he released Having a Great Birth in Australia, which examined the culture of childbirth and pregnancy in Australia. In 2006 his book Men at Birth which chronicles men's experience of birth, was published. On 31 May 2007, With Women was released. He is currently working on The Hunt for Marasmus[4] and a book about perinatal depression called Australians Talk – surviving perinatal depression.[5]

On 13 December 2007 his book Men at Birth was awarded Best Non-Fiction Book for 2007 in the 2007 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards[6]

He is married to Barbara Vernon with two children.

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Writers in Writer's Block #5, Australian National University, Oct 2007
  2. ↑ ACTWRITE vol 18, No 4, p2, May 2012
  3. ↑ ACTWRITE vol 20, No 4, p2, May 2014
  4. ↑ The Hunt for Marasmus Шаблон:Webarchive
  5. ↑ Australians Talk – surviving perinatal depression Шаблон:Webarchive
  6. ↑ The Canberra Times, 14 December 2007, p9

Published works

  • Skeptical – A handbook of pseudoscience and the paranormal, Don Laycock, David Vernon, Colin Groves, Simon Brown (eds), Imagecraft, Canberra, 1989 Шаблон:ISBN
  • Having a Great Birth in Australia, Edited by David Vernon, Australian College of Midwives, Canberra, 2005, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Men at Birth, Edited by David Vernon, Australian College of Midwives, Canberra, 2006, Шаблон:ISBN
  • With Women, Edited by David Vernon, Australian College of Midwives, Canberra, 2007, Шаблон:ISBN
  • The Umbrella's Shade and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Short Story Award, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Men at Birth 2nd Edition, Edited by David Vernon, Finch Publishing, Sydney, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Between Heaven and Hell and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Flash Fiction Award, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Our Name Wasn't Written – A Malta Memoir – 1936–1943, by Caroline Vernon, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • A Visit from the Duchess – and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Speculative Fiction Award. Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Birth Stories – Real and inspiring accounts from Australian women, Edited by David Vernon, Finch Publishing, Sydney, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • The Heat Wave of '76 and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Award Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • The Bridge – 21 short stories from the Stringybark Fiction Awards Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Marngrook and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Australian History Award Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Into the Darkness – One Young Australian's Journey from Sydney to the deadly skies over Germany 1939–1945 by Arthur Hoyle, DFC, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • The Road Home and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Short Story Awards Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Between the Sheets – seventeen short stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Tainted Innocence and other award-winning short stories from the Twisted Stringybark Award Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • The Seven Deadly Sins and other award-winning stories from the Stringybark Seven Deadly Sins Short Fiction Award Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Write for Your Life Compiled by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Yellow Pearl – Eighteen short stories from the Stringybark Australian History Awards, Selected and edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Tainted Innocence - and other award-winning short stories from the Twisted Stringybark Award, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2012, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Behind the Wattles - 77 award-winning short stories from the Stringybark Flash and Microfiction Awards, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra. 2012 Шаблон:ISBN
  • Fight or Flight - 20 award-winning stories from the Stringybark Young Adult Short Fiction Awards. Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2013 Шаблон:ISBN
  • The Very End of the Affair - twenty-seven award-winning stories from the Stringybark Humorous Short Fiction Award, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2013 Шаблон:ISBN
  • Hitler Did It - twenty-one short stories from the Stringybark Short Story Awards, Edited and selected by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2013, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Valentine's Day - twenty-three award-winning stories from the Stringybark Erotic Fiction Awards, Edited by David Vernon, Stringybark Publishing, Canberra, 2013, Шаблон:ISBN

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