Dave Rudden
Author
Dave Rudden is an author, screenwriter and performer currently based in Dublin.
His first novel for young people, Knights of the Borrowed Dark, was the winner of the Irish Book Award for Best Children’s Novel (Senior) in 2016 as well as the Most Read Novel Award at the School Library Association Great Reads Awards. He has written extensively in the Doctor Who Universe for BBC Books, as well as multiple works for stage and screen, including Harry & Bip (Disney/Ink & Light) and his first feature horror, The Cunning, currently in development with Wild Atlantic Pictures (Black 47, the Green Knight). He is the 2024 Artist-in-Residence for Dublin City University, and has visited hundreds of schools, libraries and festivals to talk about writing, monsters and mental health.
His debut adult fantasy trilogy is coming in 2025.
