David Liss
David Liss
David Lissis an American writer of novels, essays and short fiction; more recently working also in comic books. He was born in New Jersey and grew up in South Florida. Liss received his B. A. degree from Syracuse University, an M. A. from Georgia State University and his M. Phil from Columbia University. He left his post-graduate studies of 18th Century British literature and unfinished dissertation to write full-time. "If things had not worked out with fiction, I probably would...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth16 March 1966
CountryUnited States of America
I went with the old adage that you should write what you know. What I knew was 18th century Britain, so what I decided I would do is write a novel based on my dissertation research.
I once spent a spent a summer selling encyclopedias door to door.
I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.