BOOKS

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Five-Star Reviews

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NIGHT RADIO

a love story

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Five-Star Reviews

THE CONSEQUENCE OF STARS

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Award Winner

A WELL-RESPECTED MAN

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OCTOBER SONG

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MEDIA

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MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

A Well-Respected Man

Honoree: Society of Midland Authors, 2019

"Absorbing. Love, loss, and transformation are common themes in novels but they assume more literary proportions under David W. Berner's approach, which winds messages about choice, consequences, and wider-ranging life changes into a saga of male and female interactions and perceptions."

Thomas E. Kennedy, author of The Copenhagen Quartet

"David W. Berner has given us a beautiful, elegantly written book in the tradition of To Sir With Love."

Lin Brehmer, WXRT

"Night Radio is as irresistible as those old records we played."

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MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

The Consequence of Stars

"A vivid approach to the memoir form that almost defies the typical self-focused nature of the genre."

WINDY CITY REVIEWS

"Lyrically written with earthy language, Berner shares intimate details of a life seeking and understanding his place 'to be'"

Rick Kogan, WGN Radio

"Accidental Lessons is a terrific memoir."

Chicago Book Review

"Berner's Night Radio is lyrical, philosophical, poetic."

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WINDY CITY REVIEWS

October Song

Royal Dragonfly Award Winner

"October Song is a beautifully authentic memoir that reminds us that there are no time limits on dreams, creativity is boundless, and nothing in life is finite."

Janna Marlies Maron, editor/publisher, Under the Gum Tree

"Any Road Will Take You There—a Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year—is honest, raw, shameless. If On the Road is for a generation lost, Berner's book is for a generation looking to be found."

AWARDS

Society of Midland Authors, 2019, Adult Fiction Honoree

Independent Author Network, 2019, Finalist, Literary/General Fiction

A Well-Respected Man

Eric Hoffer Book Award, Grand Prize Finalist, 2019

Any Road Will Take You There

Chicago Writers Association, Book of the Year Award, 2013

Any Road Will Take You There.

American Book Fest, Book of the Year Finalist, 2017

October Song

Royal Dragonfly Grand Prize for Literature

October Song, 2015

Accidental Lessons, 2011

Chicago Book Review—Best Books of Year, 2015

There's a Hamster in the Dashboard

BIO

David W. Berner is a memoirist, essayist, fiction writer, and journalist. His memoirs reflect on our collective relationships and how those experiences link us to the world we share. From stories of fathers and sons, road trips, travel, pets, and music, David's books are mirrors of our common human experience.

David was born in Pittsburgh, PA and now lives in the Chicago area. Along with his writing credentials, David has had a distinguished career as a broadcast journalist.

David's MEDIUM publication, THE WRITER SHED includes regular posts on writing and the creative process.

David is the recipient of honors and awards from The Society of Midland Authors, The Chicago Writers Association, and the Eric Hoffer Book Awards. He has been the Writer-in-Residence for the Jack Kerouac Project in Orlando, where he was privileged to live and work at the Kerouac House for two-and-a-half months. He later was honored as the Writer-in-Residence at the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park, Illinois.