Who is Dave Roberts?
Dave Roberts has been one of those annoying bike couriers, a security guard, a Civil Servant, a KFC chef who was fired for trying to steal a sample of the secret recipe and a train driver - all before reaching 20. After that, he settled for a career in advertising, which was eventually cut short by illness - but not before accidentally winning a Silver Lion at Cannes.
His first book, e-luv: an internet romance came out in 2006 and was followed by The Bromley Boys two years later.
In 2011, his third book, 32 Programmes was published and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. All three of Dave's books follow a similar theme: obsession.
His loves (aside from his family) include Bromley Football Club, the music of Saint Etienne, Eastenders and Golden Retrievers.
His favourite books are Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene, The Adventures of Goodnight & Loving by Leslie Thomas, Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann and anything by Guy Bellamy. More recently, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka and One Day by David Nicholls.
Dave has three children: Hazel who lives near Birmingham, Billy who lives in Leeds and Frank who is in New Zealand. He currently lives with his wife Liz and her cat in Connecticut, USA but hopes to return to Broken Britain (© The Daily Mail) some day.
Other Dave Robertses
If you're looking for the author of How the Church Corrupts the Message of Jesus or Red Moon Rising, you'd better try Google, since they're by a different Dave Roberts entirely.