David Baboulene, is an English academic, story consultant, and author of humorous travel books, children's illustrated stories and academic works on story theory.

Life

David Baboulene was born in

Kenley Kenley is an area within the London Borough of Croydon. Prior to its incorporation into Greater London in 1965 it was in the historic county of Surrey. It is situated south of Purley, east of Coulsdon, north of Caterham and Whyteleafe and w ...

, to the south of London, UK. He attended

Oxted School Oxted School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the English town of Oxted, Surrey. It was opened in 1929 as the first mixed grammar school in Surrey and now has over 1900 pupils aged 11–18 (Years 7-13). History Ox ...

in Oxted, Surrey, but dropped out at the age of 16 to undertake an apprenticeship in the British Merchant Navy. His experiences from his work on cargo ships are documented in his books ''Ocean Boulevard'' and ''Jumping Ships'', which recount his adventures around the world. In 2003, Baboulene won the Euroscript Film Story competition - a Europe-wide competition sponsored by the European Film Commission. The first prize was to work with a professional scriptwriter to develop the story into a full screenplay. His interest in story theory developed from this point, leading ultimately to a Ph.D. for his research into Narrative Theory from the

University of Brighton The University of Brighton is a public university based on four campuses in Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast of England. Its roots can be traced back to 1858 when the Brighton School of Art was opened in the Royal Pavilion. It achieve ...

in 2017. Baboulene has subsequently written four practical academic works on Story Theory: ''The Story Book'' (2010), ''Story Theory'' (2014), ''Story in Mind'' (2019), and ''The Primary Colours of Story'' (2020),

Bibliography

Travel books

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Children's books (illustrated by Kelly Chapman)

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Story theory

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References

External links

Official UK David Baboulene websiteSummersdale PublishersDreamEngine Media Group Ltd
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baboulene, David Living people English humorists English non-fiction writers English science writers Alumni of the University of Sussex Alumni of the University of Brighton English non-fiction outdoors writers English travel writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters British comedy writers Maritime writers English autobiographers People from Kenley English male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)