David Vernon (writer)

David Vernon (born 1965 in Canberra, Australia) is an Australian writer and publisher.

He established two businesses while at University, Whiahwe Waiting Services that provided catering to diplomatic missions in Canberra, and MangoSoft, a software development house.

He graduated from the Australian National University with qualifications in political science and economics in 1988.

[3] He co-edited the book Skeptical – A handbook of pseudoscience and the paranormal in 1989 with Donald Laycock, Colin Groves and Simon Brown.

[5] On 13 December 2007 his book Men at Birth was awarded Best Non-Fiction Book for 2007 in the 2007 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards[6] He is married to Barbara Vernon with two children.