Dave Gregson is a fiction writer who has written in genres for both adults and children and is the author of The Clever Trick and Piggy. Dave has worked in several jobs, firstly training in Askham Bryan College obtaining HND in Amenity Horticulture, working in landscape and tree and shrub growing before moving into a career in social care between 1996 and 2018. Dave obtained a Higher Certificate in Management in Health and Social Care from Leeds University during that time and worked in a range of care settings. Dave has since his most recent employment worked independently as a volunteer, fundraiser, and campaigner on a wide range of causes and issues, Dave has a big believer in diversity and inclusion and has travelled to some of the more off the beaten track places across the world to witness different cultural experiences and meet new people. . Dave is a supporter of several animal welfare organisations and charities both large and small. Animals are very close to Dave's heart and many of his stories involve lively animal characters.