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Born in Bristol in 1967 author David Yabsley is a writer, comedian and former pool player. 
Yabsley left school at seventeen and started his working life as a Bricklayer on a Youth Training Scheme whilst playing drums in the up and coming Bristol indie band ‘The Little Caesar's'. It was also at this time that he started playing 8 ball pool in the Bristol 'Embassy' pool league, a passion which would last for over 30 years.

Growing up in multi-racial Bristol in the 1980s, his first experiences of rebellion came in the form of the 2 Tone and Punk subcultures.
Playing live at the notorious night club the 'Dug Out' and a regular visitor to clubs such as the 'Western Star Domino' and the 'Tropics' he experienced first-hand the tension which fuelled the wider dynamics of these cross ethnicity cultures and was part of the social unrest that came to define the youth culture of that period.

His passion for writing didn’t develop until he was in his late thirties, prompted by the suicide of a close friend he immersed himself in writing.
Having read an article about Stephen King advising any aspiring authors to write about a subject which they knew first hand, it was a seamless choice to start writing alternative fiction about the world of pool.

Yabsley’s writing style is heavily influenced by 1980’s working class life, the British and American subculture of the 1950s through to the 1980’s, the lyrics and imagery of the Clash, the films of Martin Scorsese,
Alex Cox , Jim Jarmusch, Guy Ritchie and his real life experiences of playing competitive pool.

The alternative comedy/thriller “Still Natural” the blistering sequel to his brilliant, critically acclaimed debut novel “Natural Eight”, is out now.

“The Eastville Bullet” Danny Jensen and “The Runner” Dave Lovejoy return in the superb continuation of the “Natural” trilogy of books.

Joined by some old familiar characters and some new odd ball acquaintances,
“Still Natural” sees Jensen's re-emergence onto the world pool stage which is predictably unpredictable.
A host of new narratives, one liners, mistakes and stupidity accompany the ride. Atlantic City, Nicaragua, Cornwall and Las Vegas play the background to the book in which you will be enlightened and delighted to read about:
Surfing, laser guns, deranged kidnappers, alcoholic kangaroos, murder, drug deals, fine food and drink, horse racing scams, pistol and fist fights, Punto bars, base jumping, crazed stalkers, Flor de Cana lethal rum, 
new players, old players, luvvies, mega bottle ride pub crawls with the dead, counterfeit pay-offs, dumb pool players, regrets, illegitimate children, competitive eaters, broken dreams, disorganized pawn shops, ionomer golf balls, gangster justice, fifty dollar shirts, Pink Panther parasol assault, Angolan millionaires, swindlers, female equality, African Princes, Worlds Strongest Man competitors, shop lifters, Adolf Hitlers Crocodile, Colombian propaganda and a whole heap of other crazy sometimes grotesque antics.

It is clear that Yabsley's experiences of being around the game of pool and the louche characters that frequent the sport remain essential to his writing style. The majority of the events written about are based on real life people and the contents of the book are also loosely based on genuine experiences.
This keeps the whole feel of “Still Natural” exciting, authentic and often offensive.

Yabsley works and lives in Bristol England.

Coming soon “Natural Still” the final instalment of the “Natural” series of books and “The Strummer Rhodes distortion” the true story of the 1982 Paris marathon. 

“Natural Eight” reviews-
'Bizarre characters, great one- liners' - E book of the week -The Sun.

'A great original story' E-book of the week -Bristol Evening Post.

'Find a professional literacy agent who is willing to represent
you!' -Nick Hornby.

'Thanks but we'll pass' -The San Francisco Chronicle.

For all enquiries and further information please contact- info@davidyabsley.com

David Yabsley supports,
‘The Joe Strummer Foundation’