David Chrisinger is currently writing a book about famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle for Penguin Press titled The Unhappy Warrior: Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II, due out in 2023.Β
In Fall 2021, Johns Hopkins University Press will publish David’s Stories Are What Save Us: A Survivor’s Guide to Writing About Trauma. Part writer’s guidebook, part memoir, and part teacher’s handbook, this profoundly moving and compelling book weaves together David’s journey as a writer, editor, and teach with a wide range of craft tools and storytelling structures he and his students have used to process trauma and conflicts in their own lives to create beautiful stories of growth and transformation.
David is a Logan Nonfiction Fellow and a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom educating the public on military service, war, and its impact.