David Pereda is the award-winning author of fourteen thrillers and mainstream novels. His books have won the Lighthouse Book Awards twice, the Royal Palm Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, and the Readers Favorite Awards twice.

His previous novel, The Wall, was a Gold Medal winner in the 2023 Latino Books Into Movies Awards, a Book Excellence Award Winner, and a Finalist in the Coverfly Screencraft Cinematic Competition. His follow-up novel, Golden, with the same main characters, won two awards. He has traveled to more than thirty countries, lived in six for extended periods, and speaks four languages.

Before devoting his time solely to writing and teaching, Pereda had a successful international consulting career with global giant Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked with the governments of Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, and Qatar, among others.

A member of MENSA, Pereda earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in California. He earned BA degrees in English literature and mathematics at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, where he writes novels and teaches math at the Asheville Buncombe Community College.

Highlights

With fourteen books published, David Pereda has established himself as a master of the novel.