About the Author

David Colwell was born in Adelaide South Australia in 1954. During his adult life he has found himself employed in a variety of occupations. Stock and station clerk, postie, yacht skipper, door to door salesman, share trader, author and photographer. Backpacking extensively throughout the world over many decades, often on meagre budgets, has only added to his life's unusual experiences. David co-authored three non-fiction books in the 1980s with his father and published them under the umbrella of Max Colwell Publications. 'Lights Vision', 'Australia's Timeless Land' and 'Heritage Preserved with the National Trust of South Australia'. Relying on his extensive sailing knowledge, David wrote a series of instructional articles on catamaran racing tactics for the magazine 'Australian Sailing'. Now retired David has decided to collate some of his quirky experiences into a book of short stories; The Invincible Twenty Seventh and other true stories. His next project is a book on share trading, taken from a decidedly unusual perspective.