David Saltman

David has written and filmed nearly two hundred documentaries for CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC and public television networks and has written or collaborated on three feature film scripts. He has won Emmy and Ace awards, shared a Peabody award, and has had his film work inducted into the Smithsonian Institution. David's fifth book is scheduled to appear in 2014: The Secret Notebooks of Harry Houdini, a work of historical fiction based on Houdini's performances for the Tsar of Russia. His last book, Gilda, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "elegiac" and "more exciting than prime time." He has authored or co-authored three other critically-acclaimed books: The Sports Book, The Great Escape, and The Marrakech Express. His humor pieces in TV Guide, his science writing in Omni and his travel writings in Rolling Stone and The New York Times have been hailed as setting the standards for the art. He has taught writing and filmmaking at the State University of New York at Purchase, the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, University of California at Santa Cruz, and St. John's University in New York City.