D. W. Bradley

D. W. Bradley has lived in North Yorkshire for over thirty years but was born in 1950 in Lincoln, where he spent his childhood. After failing his eleven-plus exams, he transferred to a grammar school at the age of twelve and was selected for a place at the National Youth Theatre. He went on to train in drama at Bretton Hall, a prestigious institution for budding performers and teachers. Bradley found his niche teaching drama and was a secondary school headteacher for twenty years. 

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His passions include theatre, cricket, lecturing, performing, and directing. He was chairman of the Eskdale Festival of the Arts in Whitby for 6 years.  His flair for creative writing is channelled into the sketches and plays he wrote for performing students.

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D. W. Bradley has a daughter, who lives in France with her husband and two children.