ABOUT

David is the acclaimed author of fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, short stories, and poetry. He makes his home in the Midwest outside Chicago, where the often dramatic seasonal changes come on windswept plains. He was born and raised in the hills of Pennsylvania and those early years in that landscape combined with the character of his new home have greatly influenced much of his work.

 

David is author of several books of prose and works of poetry. He has been honored by the Chicago Writers Association, the Eric Hoffer Award, the Society of Midland Authors, and the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors to name a few. He has also been privileged to act at the Writer-in-Residence at the Jack Kerouac Project and at the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home and Museum, and in 2026 will serve at the Poet Laureate of Clarendon Hills, Illinois.

 

David is a retired associate-professor at Columbia College Chicago, a long-time Chicago broadcast journalist,  and now teaches writing at Gotham Writers Workshop of New York City. 

 

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