David Liss

David Liss is a writer I find genuinely impressive. He went from a New Jersey upbringing and a Florida adolescence to degrees from Syracuse, Georgia State, and Columbia, then channelled all that scholarship into historical thrillers set amid the financial intrigue of 18th-century London. Winning the Edgar, Barry, and Macavity awards for a debut novel is a staggering opening statement, and rather than coast he later expanded into comics. What I respect most is the refusal to stay in one lane; he treats genre boundaries as suggestions. Few authors can marry academic rigour with page-turning entertainment, and Liss makes that balance look effortless.

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Name (English)

David Liss

Name (Japanese)

デイヴィッド・リス

Reading

でいゔぃっど・りす

Born

March 16, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

New Jersey, United States

Occupation

novelist / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

University

Syracuse University

Awards & achievements

• 2001 Edgar Awards
• 2001 Barry Award for Best First Novel
• 2001 Macavity Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.davidliss.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Liss
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175302

Tags

• New Jersey
• novelist
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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