When he travels, he takes a particular interest in historic sites, jungles, wildlife, native cultures, and mountains, and so far, he has clocked two years in Asia and a year in South America. His childhood on the move seems to have rubbed off on him because when he is not in Cardiff, it is usually because he has strapped on a backpack and flown off to another part of the world to go on an adventure. Since then, Tej has mostly resided in Cardiff, where he works as a chef by day and writes by moonlight. He eventually settled in Wales, where he studied Creative Writing and Film at Trinity College in Carmarthen, followed by a master’s degree at The University of Wales Lampeter. Tej Turner does not have any particular place he would say he is ‘from’, as his family moved between various parts of England during his childhood.
When not writing, David can be found wondering why he chooses to live in places where it constantly rains. Hailing from the north-west of England, David now lives in County Galway on the west coast of Ireland with his wife and train-obsessed son. With his character-driven dark fantasy series Empire Of Ruin, or urban fantasy noir HELL IN HAVEN, David takes readers on emotional, action-packed thrill rides.
Maybe next time we should ask for a double slot.ĭavid Green is a NEURODIVERSE writer of the epic and the urban, the fantastical and the mysterious. As always with these panels, an hour never seems long enough and I probably only managed to get through half of the questions I wanted to ask my panellists, though we did manage to cover: Why mental health representation is important? How genre fiction’s representation of mental health differs from its representation in other forms of popular culture? The why’s and how’s of how to ensure accurate portrayals of mental health in your writing, the use of sensitivity/ authenticity readers to develop realistic and fully formed characters and narratives, and debated the use of trigger/content warnings within the various genres (amongst other topics).Īs always with these panels I let the panellists know I was allowing 15 minutes for audience questions, but again this is never enough, and we only managed to get through a small fraction of the questions our audience had for us. And although I was both hung over and nervous as hell, my panellists at least were erudite and insightful, talking at length about both their personal and professional experiences of mental health in genre fiction. Recently, I had the privilege of moderating the Fantasycon 2022 panel on mental health in SFFH with my panellists David Green and Tej Turner. Why Mental Health representation in SFFH matters Trigger Warning: This article addresses mental health.
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