Short Bio
Dane Cobain (High Wycombe, UK) is a published author, freelance writer and (occasional) poet and musician with a passion for language and learning. When he’s not working on his next release, he can be found reading and reviewing books while trying not to be distracted by Wikipedia.
His releases include No Rest for the Wicked (supernatural thriller), Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home (poetry), Former.ly (literary fiction), Social Paranoia (non-fiction), Come On Up to the House (horror), Subject Verb Object (anthology), Driven (crime/detective), The Tower Hill Terror (crime/detective), Meat (horror), Scarlet Sins (short stories), The Lexicologist’s Handbook (non-fiction), The Leipfold Files (crime/detective), Oceanus (poetry) and Boys in Blue (crime/detective).
His short stories have also been anthologised in Local Haunts (ed. R. Saint Clare), We’re Not Home (ed. Cam Wolfe), Served Cold (ed. R. Saint Clare and Steve Donoghue), Eccentric Circles (ed. Cynthia Brackett-Vincent), ‘Twas the Fright Before Christmas in Deathlehem (ed. Michael J. Evans and Harrison Graves) and Half-Human Heroes (ed. Jeremy Fee).
Long Bio
Dane Cobain (High Wycombe, UK) is a published author, freelance writer and (occasional) poet and musician with a passion for language and learning. When he’s not working on his next release, he can be found reading and reviewing books while trying not to be distracted by Wikipedia.
His releases include No Rest for the Wicked (supernatural thriller), Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home (poetry), Former.ly (literary fiction), Social Paranoia (non-fiction), Come On Up to the House (horror), Subject Verb Object (anthology), Driven (crime/detective), The Tower Hill Terror (crime/detective), Meat (horror), Scarlet Sins (short stories), The Lexicologist’s Handbook (non-fiction), The Leipfold Files (crime/detective), Oceanus (poetry) and Boys in Blue (crime/detective).
His short stories have also been anthologised in Local Haunts (ed. R. Saint Clare), We’re Not Home (ed. Cam Wolfe), Served Cold (ed. R. Saint Clare and Steve Donoghue), Eccentric Circles (ed. Cynthia Brackett-Vincent) and ‘Twas the Fright Before Christmas in Deathlehem (ed. Michael J. Evans and Harrison Graves).
Cobain’s love of words grew from an early age, whether he was rewriting the lyrics to pop songs or teaching his elder siblings – maths and computer science students at university – how to execute commands in MS-DOS, all before he hit double digits. He started writing at fourteen, and progressed from lyrics and music to journals, short stories and poetry before writing the first draft of an early novel whilst in lectures. He studied creative writing at London’s Roehampton University, earning a 2:1 bachelor’s degree before starting a career as a social media marketer.
It was this career in marketing, combined with his love for reading and writing, which led to the creation of SocialBookshelves.com, his book blog, which was featured on multiple “best book blog” lists and has since been merged with DaneCobain.com. Through SocialBookshelves.com, he met Jesse James Freeman, the former VP of Community Management at Booktrope Publishing. Cobain’s debut novella, a supernatural thriller called No Rest for the Wicked, was released by Booktrope’s Forsaken imprint on June 11th 2015.
His second release, a collection of poetry called Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home, was released by Booktrope Editions in March 2016. Cobain performed his poetry at stand up nights, slams and open mic nights, memorised all 101 poems in the book.
Cobain’s third book, a literary fiction novel called Former.ly, was released on June 11th 2016. It follows the story of the rise and fall of a social networking site for the dead. Users sign up to the site, create a profile that they populate with updates that only they can see, and then when they die, their profile goes live to the public. But there’s something sinister about the site – something that people are willing to kill for.
Former.ly was followed by a non-fiction book called Social Paranoia: How Consumers and Brands Can Stay Safe in a Connected World, which was released in August 2016. The year was rounded off with Come On Up to the House, a horror novella and screenplay, in November.
In 2017, Cobain quit his marketing job to focus on full-time self-employment as an author and freelance writer. He also released Subject Verb Object: An Anthology of New Writing, which features 18 pieces from different authors and which was collected by Cobain and edited by Dane Cobain and Pam Elise Harris. That was followed in 2018 by Driven, a crime/detective novel.
In the following months, Driven was picked up for re-release by Encircle Publications, with its sequel, The Tower Hill Terror, released in 2020. In the same year, he independently released Meat, a horror novel set on a factory farm.
2021 saw the release of short story collection Scarlet Sins and non-fiction book The Lexicologist’s Handbook. The third book in the Leipfold series, The Leipfold Files, was released in 2022. Oceanus, a poetry collection based upon the sinking of the RMS Titanic, followed in 2023.
Book four in the Leipfold series, Boys in Blue, was released in 2024. Later on in the same year, Genius Books picked up Meat for republication.
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Fact Sheet
Name: Dane Cobain
Born:Tamworth, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Lives: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from Roehampton University
Books:
- No Rest for the Wicked (supernatural thriller)
- Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home (poetry)
- Former.ly (literary fiction)
- Social Paranoia: How Consumers and Brands Can Stay Safe in a Connected World (non-fiction)
- Come On Up to the House (horror novella and screenplay)
- Subject Verb Object: An Anthology of New Writing (anthology)
- Driven (crime/detective)
- The Tower Hill Terror (crime/detective)
- Meat (horror)
- Scarlet Sins (short stories)
- The Lexicologist’s Handbook (non-fiction)
- The Leipfold Files (crime/detective)
- Oceanus (poetry)
- Boys in Blue (crime/detective)
Anthology Appearances:
- Local Haunts (ed. Regina St. Claire)
- We’re Not Home (ed. Cam Wolfe)
- Served Cold (ed. Regina St. Claire and Steve Donoghue)
- Eccentric Circles (ed. Cynthia Brackett-Vincent)
- ‘Twas the Fright Before Christmas in Deathlehem (ed. Michael J. Evans and Harrison Graves)
Albums:
Solo:
The Ilk:
Website: www.danecobain.com
Social Networks: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Goodreads, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok.
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