About the Author

David has written poetry, fairy tales, plays, short stories, essays, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and books. He has just completed The Voice in the Stone, his first novel which is an historical, biographical novel about the German Christian mystic priest Meister Eckhart who lived from 1260 to 1328. In 2011 O-Books, an imprint of John Hunt Publishing, published his book The Protein Myth: Significantly Reducing the Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes While Saving the Animals and Building a Better World. The book has been endorsed by several of the top experts in the world in their respective fields. These include John Robbins, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, Howard Lyman, Laura Moretti, Will Tuttle, John McDougall, and George Eisman. David's articles have appeared on Cyrano's Journal, Thomas Paine's Corner, All-Creatures.org, Press Action, Radical Noesis, Dandelion Salad, The Animals Voice, New Dawn Magazine, Vegan Views, and other blogs and journals. He has been interviewed in the press and on several radio programs about his book The Protein Myth. David has also just completed a new book titled The Cruel Science: Animal Research from Aristotle to the 21st Century. An accomplished musician and composer, David has played French horn with ensembles like the Marlboro and Cabrillo music festivals, the San Francisco Ballet, and the San Francisco Opera. He was a member of the 7th Army Symphony, the Graz Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria), and the Oakland Symphony. David attended the New England Conservatory of Music, the Vienna Academy of Music, and graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University where he also earned his Master's in music composition. His compositions are performed in the United States and Europe. David has lived in Boston, Vienna and Graz (Austria), San Francisco, and New York City. He presently makes his home in the upper Catskill Mountain region of New York where he attends to and is attended by his three cats, Lewie-Lew, Goldie Boy, and Loonie, aka Big Big (or Big), Goldie Big, and Little Big. David was born in Kankakee, Illinois and grew up in Bluffton, Indiana. He has a twin brother, Darrel, who is a classical guitarist and an editor and author.