David was born in Detroit and is a Resident Artist at The Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan, where he has had ten productions: The Late Great Henry Boyle, Vino Veritas, Gravity, Consider the Oyster, Just Desserts, Vino Veritas (revival), Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine, and The Antichrist Cometh. His holiday comedy, Scrooge Macbeth, premiered at Theatre B in Fargo, North Dakota.
His plays have been performed from New York to Tasmania, and his work has been published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Dramatic Publishing, Playscripts, Applause, Smith & Kraus, and Heuer Publishing.
He adapted his play, Vino Veritas, into a feature film featuring Emmy-winner Carrie Preston (who stars in the CBS series Elsbeth). His short play, For Old Time’s Sake, was adapted into a film starring Oscar-nominee John Savage.
His screenplay In the Land of Fire & Ice is an Athena Award winner (best screenplay featuring a female protagonist), and is currently under option with Emmy-winner Shohreh Aghdashloo attached as the lead.
He adapted all three of his Sherlock Holmes plays into novels, and also wrote the nonfiction book, Sherlock Holmes: The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
He has been hanged in effigy and has also had his writing publicly burned.