David is part of the High Crimes Mystery Book group, which meets at Bookshop Benicia to discuss literary crime fiction. For more on the group, including the next title, contact the store.

May 15, 2021 1:00 p.m. – I’ll lecture online  about writing from real events at the Sacarmento branch of the Califonria  Writers Club.

October 16, 2020, 3-4 p.m. PDT – I’ll participate in the Bouchercon online panel: Ripped from the Headlines: Writing Contemporary Crime.

September 22, 2020 – I and other contributors to Low Down Dirty Vote 2 will hold an online reading and event for National Voter Registration Day.

May 9, 2020 – I’ll lecture on great novel openings at the San Joaquin Valley Writers Club at the University of the Pacific campus, School of education building, room 110C,  in Stockton, CA.

May 3, 2020 – Another reading through Facebook Live, of my Derringer nominated short story “The Pot Hunters.”

April 19, 2020 – My second reading online through Facebook Live, this time of a short story from my jail past.

April 5, 2020 – I and other contributors to Low Down Dirty Vote 2 will hold an online reading through Facebook Live.

March 12-15, 2020 – I’ll participate in Left Coast Crime in San Diego, CA.

Saturday, September 21, 2019 – I’ll appear at Men of Mystery at The Grand Event Center in Long Beach, CA.

Saturday, July 13, 2019, 2 p.m. – I’ll appear at Barnes & Noble in The Verdana, 2025 Diamond Blvd., Concord, CA 94520.

Saturday, June 21-23, 2019 – I’ll attend University of the Pacific’s Conference on Creative Writing, Stockton, CA

Saturday, April 6, 2019, 12:30 p.m. – I’ll attend the debut of Fault Lines, an anthology of crime fiction, including my story “SPEDing Toward Destruction”, at Books Inc., Alameda, CA

Saturday, March , 23, 2019. – I’ll attend Murder and Mayhem in Chicago at Roosevelt University.

Saturday, November 10, 2018, 2 p.m. – I’ll appear at Men of Mystery at The Grand Event Center in Long Beach, CA.

Saturday, June 23, 2018 – I’ll appear at the University of the Pacific Writers Conference in Stockton, CA.

Saturday, March 31, 2018, 2 p.m. – I’ll appear at Centuries and Sleuths, 7419 Madison St, Forest Park, IL 60130.

March 22-25, 2018 – I’ll take part in several panels at Left Coast Crime, the Nugget Casino Resort, Reno, NV.

Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, 4 p.m. – I’ll read from my new book, They Tell Me You Are Brutal, at Bookshop Benicia, 636 First Street, Benicia, CA.

Saturday, June 24, 2017 – I’ll present at University of the Pacific’s Conference on Creative Writing, Stockton, CA

Sunday, June 4, 2017, 10 a.m.-noon – I’ll be at the California Writer’s Club table, booth 24, at the Bay Area Book Festival in downtown Berkeley, CA

Sunday, December 18, 2016 – I’ll read from my new book, They Tell Me You Are Crooked, at Bookshop Benicia, 636 First Street, Benicia, CA.

Monday, September 26, 2016 – Release of the second book in my Duncan Cochrane series: They Tell Me You Are Crooked

Saturday, September 24, 2016 – I’ll read from my new book, They Tell Me You Are Crooked, at The Avid Reader at Tower, 1600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA.

Friday, June 24, 2016 – I’ll speak at the Conference on Creative Writing at the Stockton campus of the University of the Pacific

Sunday, May 15, 2016, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – I’ll be signing copies of my novel at Face in a Book in the El Dorado Hills.

Saturday, March 12, 2016, 5:30 p.m.- I’ll appear at Authors on the Move, a benefit for the Sacramento Library, Hyatt Regency, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA

Saturday, November 14, 2015, 7 p.m.- An actor reads my short story “Shutterbugs” for Stories on Stage, Davis, at the Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, Davis, CA

Saturday, November 14, 2015, 1-4 p.m.- I’ll join a book signing at the Folsom Library for the California Writer’s Conference Local Author’s Event, 411 Stafford Street, Folsom, CA.

Avid Reading

Saturday, September 19, 2015, 2 p.m. – I will read and sign copies of my new novel, They Tell Me You Are Wicked, at The Avid Reader at Tower, 1600 Broadway, Sacramento, CA. Thanks to all of you who attended my coming out party! More shortbread and scotch for everyone. BTW T-shirt are still available.

Monday, August 24, 2015 – My novel first appears for sale in print, ereader @ Amazon, Barnes and Noble