Dale Hurst Dale Hurst is an English author, editor and presenter from Poole, Dorset. A writer heavily influenced by names including but not limited to Dickens, Austen, Gaskell, Christie and Hugo, plus elements of Tolstoy, Peake and even Shakespeare, he prefers stories with historical settings. He is a lover of mystery, crime, domestic drama and black comedy, and tries to implement elements of these genres into all his works – as you may notice if you read his first novel The Berylford Scandals