Dave Vaughan

Dave is an author who made a sharp left turn from a long career in transportation into the far less predictable world of fiction and film. The only passengers he deals with now are imaginary, loud, and terrible at following directions.

He studied writing at George Brown College and has since penned Hokum, which picked up “Best Thriller Film” at the 2010 New York International Film & Video Festival, and the feature film Advocate. His first novel, Ballet of Deception, brought his love of tension and character to the page, followed by his short story Unscheduled Departure (which made its way into the 2024 Hills Spirits VI anthology, thanks to the fine folks at Spirit of the Hills).

His latest novel, Killing Them Again, is a darkly satirical psychological thriller and winner of the first-ever AI-judged fiction competition, hosted by MyPoolitzer, Quantifiction, and Blue Denim Press. He claims the AI is still trying to recover.

Dave lives in Cobourg, where he avoids yard work, spoils his grandchildren, and tries to manage the cast of oddball characters who keep showing up in his head and demanding to be written. He is currently working on something new, strange, and, to some, disturbing.

Visit my website: davevaughan.ca

Contact me: vaughan.jd@gmail.com