David Fisher

For over three decades, David Fisher has been writing about an extraordinary variety of subjects, ranging from Mafia hit men to Nobel Prize winning biochemists. He is the author of more than 50 books and has been a frequent contributor to major magazines and newspapers. He is the only writer ever to have a work of non-fiction, a novel and a reference book offered simultaneously by the Book-of-the Month Club. He began his professional career as a staff writer for comedienne Joan Rivers' syndicated talk show, "That Show". From there he joined Life Magazine, when it was still published weekly, becoming the youngest reporter in that magazine's history, covering primarily sports and youth culture. He began his free-lance writing career with a children's biography of "Malcolm X". A year later he co-authored his first bestseller, "Killer" (Playboy Books) with Joey Black, the first confessional written by a Mafia hit man. After writing a second bestseller with Joey Black, "Hit #29", which wa