Born in Bangkok, Thailand, a former art student and a resident of Leeds, UK, David McGowen never aspired to be a writer, but it was his only effective medium of letting out his ideas.Autistic, writing has helped him through multiple hardships in the past.His first novel, Carnian Street, was written during the COVID-19 lockdowns and is the first in an upcoming series of novels and short stories, all of which are set in the same universe.