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Carnival of Lies (2025)
Book
Bishop, D. (2025). Carnival of Lies. Pan MacMillan

'Brilliant' – Ian Rankin

Venice. Winter, 1539.

When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence – with his life, if necessary. The deadly attack that follows leads to bo... Read More about Carnival of Lies.

Plundrarna [Fantomen 10/2025] (2025)
Other
Bishop, D. (2025). Plundrarna [Fantomen 10/2025]. Malmö, Sweden

Siblings Kit and Heloise Walker intervene when scavengers took advantage of lawlessness in post-disaster Bengali.
This 23-page story written by David Bishop was illustrated by Janusz Ordon.

A Divine Fury (2024)
Book
Bishop, D. (2024). A Divine Fury. (Hardback). Pan Macmillan

A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy.

'Full of dash and atmosphere' - The Times

'Fast becoming a serious... Read More about A Divine Fury.

Why I Love Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Bishop, D. (2024). Why I Love Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks. London

David Bishop examines the formative impact on his writer made by Terrance Dicks' novelisation Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks.

Brutna beten [Fantomen 5/2024] (2024)
Other
Bishop, D. (2024). Brutna beten [Fantomen 5/2024]. Malmo, Sweden

The Phantom intervenes when poachers kill one elephant and wound another, causing the animal to run amok. This 22-page story written by David Bishop was illustrated by Anthony Spay and Brian Atkins.

Dead Men Walking (2024)
Book Chapter
Finley-Day, G., Bishop, D., Davis, A., Willsher, B., & Cook, B. (2024). Dead Men Walking. In Harry 20 on the High Rock + Dead Men Walking. Hachette

Issue 168: Harry 20 on the High Rock + Dead Men Walking

Stalingrad (2023)
Book Chapter
Bishop, D. (2023). Stalingrad. In Fiends of the Eastern Front (48-95). Rebellion

A graphic fiction serial by David Bishop and Colin MacNeil, published in Fiends of the Eastern Front Volume 1.

Ritual of Fire (2023)
Book
Bishop, D. (2023). Ritual of Fire. Pan MacMillan

Florence. Summer, 1538.

A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo S... Read More about Ritual of Fire.

Comic: The Ghost Canoe [Fantomen 25-26/2022] (2022)
Other
Bishop, D. (2022). Comic: The Ghost Canoe [Fantomen 25-26/2022]. Stockholm

The 17th Phantom's sister Julie Walker battles murderous robbers and a volcanic eruption in New Zealand during 1886.

The truth about nuns in 16th-century Florence (2022)
Other
Bishop, D. (2022). The truth about nuns in 16th-century Florence. London

For The Darkest Sin, DV Bishop’s latest novel set in 16th-century Florence, he needed to find out about life behind the closed doors of Italian convents. He unveils the truth about Florentine nuns for Historia.

The Darkest Sin (2022)
Book
Bishop, D. (2022). The Darkest Sin. Pan Macmillan

The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance:

Florence. Spring, 1537.

When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissan... Read More about The Darkest Sin.

‘World’s long on academics, Morse, but woeful short of good detectives’: Lewis, Hathaway and Endeavour: The changing roles of Colin Dexter’s sidekick (2021)
Book Chapter
Bishop, D. (2021). ‘World’s long on academics, Morse, but woeful short of good detectives’: Lewis, Hathaway and Endeavour: The changing roles of Colin Dexter’s sidekick. In L. Andrew, & S. Saunders (Eds.), The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction: A Study in Sidekicks (237-259). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74989-7

Bishop offers the first comprehensive analysis of the many variations of sidekick found in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse novels, and in the three television drama series based on his characters. Focusing on the range of approaches taken to represent... Read More about ‘World’s long on academics, Morse, but woeful short of good detectives’: Lewis, Hathaway and Endeavour: The changing roles of Colin Dexter’s sidekick.

D. V. Bishop on deception and lies in his explosive debut historical thriller, City of Vengeance (2021)
Other
Bishop, D. (2021). D. V. Bishop on deception and lies in his explosive debut historical thriller, City of Vengeance. https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/crime-thriller/d-v-bishop-city-of-vengeance

D. V. Bishop’s thriller City of Vengeance is set in sixteenth-century Florence, a city of intrigue, lies and political machinations. Here he discusses the lies men tell in the novel – whether for power or protection.

City of Vengeance (2021)
Book
Bishop, D. (2021). City of Vengeance. Pan Macmillan

Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth.

Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city’s most feared criminal cou... Read More about City of Vengeance.

An alternative to the peer review workshop (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2019, November). An alternative to the peer review workshop. Paper presented at National Association of Writers in Education 2019 Conference, York, United Kingdom

The peer review workshop has been called ‘the signature pedagogy’ of creative writing as an academic discipline. This presentation offers an alternative to that model. David Bishop reveals how the Edinburgh Napier University MA, a genre fiction-focus... Read More about An alternative to the peer review workshop.

How to write a novel – four fiction writers on Danielle Steel’s insane working day (2019)
Newspaper / Magazine
Bishop, D. (2019). How to write a novel – four fiction writers on Danielle Steel’s insane working day. https://theconversation.com/how-to-write-a-novel-four-fiction-writers-on-danielle-steels-insane-working-day-117155

How to write a novel – four fiction writers on Danielle Steel’s insane working day - article written Sarah Corbett - Lecturer in Creative Writing, Lancaster University; David Bishop - Programme Leader in Creative Writing, Edinburgh Napier University;... Read More about How to write a novel – four fiction writers on Danielle Steel’s insane working day.

Doctor Who: The Elysian Blade (2019)
Digital Artefact
Bishop, D. (2019). Doctor Who: The Elysian Blade. [Digital download / CD]

An original adventure for the Second Doctor and his companions, Jamie and Victoria. Fleeing from the rising tide on a distant planet, the Doctor and his friends meet the survivors of a mysterious outfit that wields the Blade of Longing and the Angel... Read More about Doctor Who: The Elysian Blade.

An alternative to the peer review workshop for creative writing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2018, October). An alternative to the peer review workshop for creative writing. Paper presented at Creative Writing Studies Conference 2018

David Bishop presents an alternative to the workshop model, reprogramming the simulator of creative writing to avoid no-win scenarios. He examines how the Edinburgh Napier University program, a genre fiction-focused creative writing program in Scotla... Read More about An alternative to the peer review workshop for creative writing.

Comic: Red Zone [Fantomen 17/2017] (2017)
Other
Bishop, D. (2017). Comic: Red Zone [Fantomen 17/2017]

A comic written for publisher Egmont, illustrated by artist Rafael Ruiz. Originally published in Swedish, it was reprinted in English by Frew Comics in Australia.