Author of twelve novels, including the winner of the 1996 West Australian Premier’s Award for Fiction CITY OF LIGHT, and the 2016 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 'BEFORE IT BREAKS', and six other non-fiction titles, Dave Warner originally gained national recognition as a musician-songwriter. His albums include the gold album MUG’S GAME and in 1992 he was the inaugural inductee into the West Australian Rock’n’Roll of Renown.
Dave has written for feature film, stage, television, radio and newspapers. His first feature movie CUT (2000) starring Kylie Minogue and Molly Ringwald was sold worldwide. GARAGE DAYS, a co-write with director Alex Proyas (The Crow / Dark City) screened at the Sundance 2003 Film Festival. RESTRAINT (Stephen Moyer, Therese Palmer, Travis Fimmel) a dark thriller followed.
Dave’s television credits include the INXS telemovie plus regular episodes of mainstream Australian primetime dramas WILD BOYS, PACKED TO THE RAFTERS, RESCUE SPECIAL OPS, MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS, SEA PATROL. Dave was also part of the original writing team on the ground-breaking low-budget series GOING HOME (McElroy Television/SBS).