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Author · Storyteller
David Spencer
@davidspencer
Literary Fiction writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
David Spencer writes mainly in literary fiction and enjoys discussing both the creative and practical sides of making books, from early drafts to finished editions.
A book is made from hundreds of decisions nobody sees.
Books and story worlds
Stories by David Spencer
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Early draft
The Quiet Index
When a long-serving librarian in Sheffield is told her branch may be closed, she starts quietly rebuilding the missing history of the building through borrowed books, old lending cards, and the people who still remember it. As she does, she becomes entangled in the lives of a young archivist, a retired printer, and a teenager using the library as a refuge from home.
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