David Liss was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Irving and Joan Liss, were both college professors. He has two brothers, Steven and Eitan, and two sisters, Amy and Rachel. He attended Stanford University where he majored in English Literature
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He received his MA in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981. Liss completed his PhD studies at the University of Chicago in 1994 with a dissertation titled "How to Write a Best-Seller". He was the recipient of a USC Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in creative writing, which led to his first book, The Deal (St.
Martin’s Press), which spent 16 weeks on the New York Times best seller list. He is the author of The Black Widow (Simon & Schuster) and The Darkest Hour (St. Martin’s Press).
He is also the author of the novels A Season for Murder (Pocket Books), The Last Executioner (St. Martin’s Press), The Fixer (St. Martin’s Press) and The Killing Game (St.
Martin’s Press). Liss lives in New York City with his wife, author Melissa Landers . They have three children: Adam, Ava, and Oliver .