Darren Sant was born in 1970 and raised in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire which is in the United Kingdom. He moved to Hull in East Yorkshire in 2001.
A life long avid reader he always wanted to be a writer. However, teenage years, girls, work, pubs and football provided adequate distraction until his late twenties. After attending a few creative writing classes he started writing poetry. After moving to Hull he joined a writing group called the Renegade Writers who gained infamy by doing performance poetry with a Rock N Roll ethos. Following the split of the Renegade Writers he settled down a little and didn't write for a while.
He became interested in writing again when his friend, Nick Boldock, introduced him to the Radgepacket series by Byker Books. These anthologies had a gritty urban feel to them and prided themselves on being "Industrial Strength" fiction. He has now contributed to three of the Radgepacket anthologies:
Radgepacket 4 - The Ungrateful Dead.
Radgepacket 5 - Back Street Redemption.
Radgepacket 6 - A Good Day
Darren was next published by Pill Hill Press in an anthology with a story called Firestorm. The anthology was called ePocalypse: Emails at the end. A story co-written with Nick Boldock.
Darren's stories have appeared in various online publications such as The Flash Fiction Offensive, Pulp Metal, Thrillers Killers N Chillers and Shotgun Honey. He continues to write stories but also writes for a blog called Close To The Bone. He reviews everything he reads on his own book blog Daz's Short Book Reviews.
Darren also has a story in:
Off The Record (Charity Anthology by Guility Conscience Publishing - A story called Karma Police (November 2011)
On the 9th February 2012 Darren signed for Byker Books to publish his Tales From The Longcroft Estate. The first release (18/02/12) features his stories: A Good Day, Community Spirit and Rowan's Folly. Link to it below:
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