Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1969, the only son of Lewis and Martha Crawford.  When he was three, he and his two older sisters, Michele and Stacy, moved to Ottawa, Ontario and when he was eight, the whole family moved to Wendover, Ontario where he spent most of his childhood.

David attended grammar and high school in the small village of Plantagenet and graduated in the year 1987.  While in high school his love for all sports grew as he excelled at almost every sport, winning many awards in baseball, basketball and volleyball just to name a few.  

He went on to study psychology at Carleton University and then went in pursuit of a degree on Computer Science at Algonquin College until finally settling on web designing and development as a career choice.  In 2005 he started his own web design company named Neotenic Design Inc., a business he started with a fellow student and friend from the same school.

It was at this time his father passed away and David delved back into one of his passions, reading fantasy novels, to help take his mind off the loss of his father.  Several years had passed and in a passing conversation with his mother, he was urged to write a story about a character he had made as a child playing Dungeons and Dragons.  Not thinking he would ever get published, David wrote a single chapter and sent it off to five different publishing companies he found on the internet.  Four out of the five offered him a publishing contract and he settled on Eloquent Books and on February 7, 2011 his Book, Dark Solus: An Assassin’s Tale, was released.

Describe your book ‘Dark Solus: An Assassin's Tale’ in 30 words or less.

Dark Solus, An Assassin's Tale is a dark, fantasy novel about one of the deadliest assassins on the planet Eorth. Mythological creatures and deadly assassins armed with magical lethal devices abound in this dark tale where one lone man will exact his revenge for the merciless execution of his parents when he was just a boy. Trained in the black arts by Mephisto, an ancient silver dragon and by the shadow assassin that guards the very gates to Hell, Dark prepares for his lone mission and has set himself only one goal...to kill them all!

What was the hardest part of writing your book?

The hardest part about writing my book was the amount of time it takes.  I wasn't prepared for how much time it actually took to write this book.  Coming up with the ideas and the characters was not a problem.  The other thing was trying to come up with new words to describe something and trying to avoid using the same words over and over. 

What books have had the greatest influence on you?

I would have to say Lord of the Rings was my biggest influence.  Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara was another one and the Belgariad series by David Eddings was another favorite of mine. 

How do you spend your time when you are not writing?

I spend a lot of time walking my dogs Ares and Ariel.  I also work out every day.  Right now I am busy with the building of my new house which I hope to be in by September.

What are you working on next?

I am working on book 2 in the Dark Saga series called Demon Raider.  It is going quite nicely and I hope it will be out by the spring.