David’s life provided him with a dichotomy, as he was born in large Midwestern city (Chicago), but grew up in a small Southern town (Asheville, North Carolina).  The different cultures have blended him into someone with the strength and desire to succeed in life, but still retain the thoughtfulness of a southern gentleman.  After college, he lived in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to the Los Angeles area in 1980.

Athletics have been a major part of David’s life as he participated to varying degrees in baseball, football, basketball, golf, and tennis.  Although once quite competitive, these days he plays golf only for fun. 

David served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.  Although trained as a combat engineer, he wound up as a clerk in the payroll department for the division he was assigned to.  Working in an office did not prevent the war from coming to him, however, as he was wounded one night during a sapper attack.  He was able to leverage the skill sets from working with payrolls into careers in financial accounting and computer information systems.

Educated at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and California State University, Los Angeles, David received degrees in Economics, Business Administration, and Computer Information Systems.  His professional career began with a CPA firm in Florida, and continued in the world of corporate accounting and finance for 20 years.  David reached a point of saturation in that field, so he went back to college and earned a degree in Computer Information Systems.  He then worked primarily as an IT consultant to the retail industry representing the Oracle Retail Merchandising System.  He is now retired living in Orange County, California.

Having concluded his pair of careers, David now devotes his life to his passion of writing fiction.  His first writing credit was Woodruff’s Firebase, a story about a young man’s journey from flunking a course in college, dropping out, being drafted, and sent to the war in Vietnam.  Written with passion, the story shows the great intensity that surrounded the conflict in Vietnam.  His next novel, Galvez Stadium, was a unique piece of fiction about the endeavors of building a football stadium during a revolution in Santiago, Chile.  It was also the author’s first attempt at writing a romantic adventure.  His third novel, The Florida Caper, was mystery yarn set in South Florida and the Caribbean, that involves valuable stolen jewelry that was derived in part from the Hope Diamond.  The idea that the alleged curse of the Hope Diamond exists with the derivative jewelry resonates throughout the story.

As a reader, David is a history buff.  He formerly used photography as a pastime, and to continue his interest in art, he has a modest art collection of photographs, oils on canvass, and sketches.  For many years he has been a private investor.  When it comes to music, he is a jazz aficionado.