David Baboulene was born in Kenley, to the south of London, UK.

His experiences from his work on cargo ships are documented in his books Ocean Boulevard [1] and Jumping Ships,[2] which recount his adventures around the world.

In 2003, Baboulene won the Euroscript Film Story competition[3] – 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 PhD for his research into Narrative Theory from the University of Brighton in 2017.