David is hard at work on 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.
Earlier this year, Johns Hopkins University Press published David’s latest book, 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 teacher 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 contributes 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.