Texas Author
David A. Welling
David Welling is a Texas-based writer, artist, and graphic designer. His lifelong interest in movies (and the places that show them) led to the writing of Cinema Houston: From Nickelodeon to Megaplex, which chronicles the history of movie theatres in Texas’ largest city. Cinema Houston is the recipient of the 2008 Julia Ideson Award from the Friends of the Texas Room, and the Society of Architectural Historians’ 2009 Antoinette Forrester Downing Award. He now writes fiction. His anthology of seasonal stories, Midwinter Tales, was released in 2024. His latest novel, The Horror of Northanger Abbey, is an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic and was released in May, 2025.
The Horror of Northanger Abbey
Paperback
Of Jane Austen's six completed novels, Northanger Abbey stands out due to its satire of the popular books of her time. Yet, the classic volume known today is not what she originally wrote; that first version has long been considered lost to time-until now...