David Flusfeder was born in Summit, New Jersey (the site of the Velvet Underground's first concert), and spent the first six years of his life in Berkeley Heights, a dormitory town that is notable for little more than being the home town of Mary-Jo Kopechne, who died in the Chappaquiddick incident.
His father was born in Warsaw, reaching the USA by way of England, Iraq, Palestine, Monte Cassino, and a forced-labour camp in Siberia; and his mother was from the East End of London.
Since 1967, he has lived mostly in London, with a few years in New York City.
He has published six novels -- the most recent one, A Film by Spencer Ludwig, was published by 4th Estate in February 2010. He has also written film scripts and is working on an opera, Army Of Lovers, with the composer Mark Springer.
Flusfeder has been a tv critic for The Times, and a poker columnist for the Sunday Telegraph. His short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, including Esquire, Arena, New Writing 8, Fatherhood, The Jewish Quarterly, The Agony & The Ecstasy.
He attended the universities of Sussex and East Anglia, has worked as a film projectionist, cinema manager, and teacher of creative writing in such venues as the universities of East Anglia, Brunel and East London, and at Pentonville Prison. He lives in South London with his wife and two children.
