David King is the New York Times best-selling author of five books of history and narrative nonfiction, including Death in the City of Light and Six Days in August. His book, The Trial of Adolf Hitler, was longlisted for the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize and the Cundhill History Prize. A Cambridge University graduate and a Fulbright Scholar, King taught European history at the University of Kentucky. He has been honored as a Fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society, and an inductee into his high school's Hall of Fame. His writing has been translated into nearly twenty languages with film rights sold to three major Hollywood studios and production companies. He is currently working on his sixth book. 

   

Read David's interview with Jeff Glor, anchor of the CBS Evening News, and watch his talk on C-SPAN's Book TV. He is represented by William Morris Endeavor.