David Drum the writer likes reading, working in the garden, cycling, and thinking about the world as it is and ought to be. Other people fascinate him, and he still enjoys learning and writing. He is the author of the novel Introducing the Richest Family in America, eight non-fiction books, a book of poems, and several artist's books. His first historical romance, Heathcliff: The Lost Years, appeared on September 30 and has been favorably reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, The Historical Novels Review, The Compulsive Reader and other publications. Website for the new book is www.heathcliffthelostyears.com In addition to writing, David has worked as a newspaper reporter, a ranch foreman, a craps dealer, an encyclopedia salesman, a funeral director, a hot tamale vendor, and an inner-city schoolteacher. He was county chairman for two political campaigns. As an independent writer, Mr. Drum worked as an editor and correspondent for national trade magazines and newspapers and news services including The San Francisco Chronicle and Dow Jones News Service. A quick study, Mr. Drum has written news articles, speeches, media kits, corporate video, audio and audio-visual productions, brochures, press releases, museum shows, interactive media copy, textbooks, website copy, and print, radio and TV ads. He has won awards for feature writing and advertising copywriting. More than one thousand magazine and newspaper credits include publications in People, Advertising Age, California Business, Los Angeles, The California Journal, Cavalier, Dow Jones Capital Markets, Inside Detective, Men’s Health, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times Magazine, The LA Weekly, Southern California Business, The San Francisco Chronicle, McClatchy newspapers, Bloomberg News Service, Variety, Sunset and USA Today. Ghostwritten articles have appeared in Barron's, California Lawyer, and The New England Journal of Medicine. Nonfiction books include The Chronic Pain Sourcebook, Alternative Therapies for Managing Diabetes, and Failure to Atone: A Jungle Surgeon in Vietnam, with Allen Hassan, MD, JD. In addition to nonfiction books, David is the author of Facade (a bunch of poems) published by Michael Lally's O Press in New York. His poems were included in the anthology None of the Above: New Poets of the 1970s, published by Crossing Press. David founded Burning Books Press in 1984 to market his artist's books. Since then, his works have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art Library and other museum and university collections. He is also active in mail art. David served as the president of the Independent Writers of Southern California for two years and is a member of the Authors Guild. David Drum received an A.A. in liberal arts from Brevard College, where he was student body president. He has a B.A. in English literature from the University of California at Riverside, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Iowa's Writer's Workshop in Iowa City, Iowa.