Background
David Liss was born on the 16th of March, 1966 in New Jersey and grew up in South Florida, United States.
2009
David Liss
2009
David Liss
2009
Joe R. Lansdale, Seba Pezzani, James Grady, and David Liss
2016
David Liss
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900 S Crouse Ave, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
David Liss received a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University.
33 Gilmer St. SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States
David Liss earned a Master of Arts degree from Georgia State University.
West 116 St and Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States
David Liss did doctoral studies at Columbia University but left it unfinished.
(Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in...)
Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients.
https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Paper-Novel-Benjamin-Weaver/dp/0804119120
2000
(On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are w...)
On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city’s most envied merchants, Miguel has lost everything in a sudden shift in the sugar markets. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living on the charity of his petty younger brother, Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBFN0G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
2003
(Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not comm...)
Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a stranger who cunningly slips a lockpick and a file into his hands. In an instant he understands two things, Someone wants him to hang and another equally mysterious agent is determined to see him free.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC1B2O/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4
2004
(No one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns ou...)
No one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns out he’s actually good at peddling encyclopedias door to door. He hates the predatory world of sales, but he needs the money to pay for college. Then things go horribly wrong. In a sweltering trailer in rural Florida, a couple whom Lem has spent hours pitching is shot dead before his eyes, and the unassuming young man is suddenly pulled into the dark world of conspiracy and murder.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FCKPL2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i11
2006
(America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable na...)
America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable nation where desperate schemers vie for wealth, power, and a chance to shape a country’s destiny.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015DYJVW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
2008
(The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire and master of disguise...)
The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire and master of disguise Benjamin Weaver finds himself pitted against a mysterious mastermind who holds the lives of Weaver’s friends in the balance. To protect the people he loves, Weaver must stage a daring robbery from the headquarters of the ruthless British East India Company, but this theft is only the opening move in a dangerous game of secret plots, corporate rivals, and foreign spies.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DBIOFC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i8
2009
(Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor f...)
Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor finances. After the death of her beloved father, she becomes the unwanted boarder of her tyrannical uncle, fending off marriage to a local mill owner.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J4X9NI/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7
2011
(Guest-starring Spider-Man! It's the most unlikely team-up...)
Guest-starring Spider-Man! It's the most unlikely team-up of the month as the amazing web-slinger attempts to lend T'Challa some unwanted assistance in cleaning up the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen! Meanwhile, things go from bad to worse, as a gang war erupts, dangerous experiments go awry, and a murderer's identity is revealed!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0109CCE48/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i20
2012
(With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York Cit...)
With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York City, the Operative, the Aviatrix, the Surgeon, the Revenant, and Achilles blast through dangers from blood-soaked mob warehouses to monster-infested mansions, and fight to blow the lid off a conspiracy that could bring the nation itself to its knees!
https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Men-David-Liss/dp/0785147454
2012
(Who is murdering the citizens of Hell's Kitchen that The ...)
Who is murdering the citizens of Hell's Kitchen that The Panther has previously rescued? That's what T'Challa wants to know-and he only has hours to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C3J7RH4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i27
2012
(Britt Reid, the masked crimefighter known as The Green Ho...)
Britt Reid, the masked crimefighter known as The Green Hornet, and his inseparable ally Kato return in an all-new tale by David Liss and Kewber Baal! If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it could be the deadliest for Central City's staunch defenders! Green Hornet's personal vendetta against organized crime creates a void in Chicago, one filled by two more masked individuals, the vicious Demone and the cavalier Swashbuckler.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5KKZGX/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i29
2012
(Sebastião Raposa is only thirteen when his parents are un...)
Sebastião Raposa is only thirteen when his parents are unjustly imprisoned by the Inquisition, and he is forced to flee Portugal or face the same fate. But a decade in exile only whets his appetite for vengeance transforming a once frightened boy into a dangerous man, determined to right unforgivable wrongs with unrelenting fury.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JCSCXRY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5
2014
(Having spent decades in the east to rejuvenate himself, t...)
Having spent decades in the east to rejuvenate himself, the greatest pulp hero of them all, The Shadow, returns to New York in modern times. Lamont Cranston seeks to resume his old life, and his heroic alter-ego is ready to stand once more as an enemy to evil.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D5JYGES/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i12
2014
(Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to des...)
Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to destroy the Spider? The Fly, a playboy with all the resources of Richard Wentworth's masked alter-ego! Dedicated to criminal perfection, the Fly targets the outlaw hero and the city itself in the midst of a serial killer's rampage and terrorist attacks! Will the Spider overcome the Fly's machinations and prevent the wholesale slaughter of every police officer in the Big Apple.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D5K8JCM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i17
2014
(Zeke Reynolds comes from a long line of proud science fic...)
Zeke Reynolds comes from a long line of proud science fiction geeks. He knows his games, comics, movies, and TV shows like Captain Kirk know the starship Enterprise. So it’s a dream come true when he learns the science fiction he loves so much is based on reality and that he’s been selected to spend a year on a massive space station.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TBKYKXS/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6
2015
(It’s difficult to return to Earth and live a simple, unad...)
It’s difficult to return to Earth and live a simple, unadventurous life after having seen the wonders of the universe especially when you find yourself with Smelly, a self-important artificial intelligence living in your head, reminding you how much of a primitive meat bag you are. But with Smelly’s help, Zeke is on his way back to space on a new, super-secret mission. Zeke may earn Earth a second chance at intergalactic membership and better yet, he’ll be reunited with Tamret, the alien girl of his dreams.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BKR484K/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i10
2016
(His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as T...)
His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as The Napoleon of Crime and the master of a vast association of thieves, extortionists, smugglers, fences, and ladies of questionable virtue. And, over Reichenbach Falls in 1891, he fell to his doom alongside his arch-rival, the glory-seeking detective Sherlock Holmes or did he?
https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Moriarty-David-Liss/dp/1606908251
2016
(Science fiction superfan Zeke is back in action as he and...)
Science fiction superfan Zeke is back in action as he and his friends work to finally take down the evil Phones in this hilarious and exciting conclusion to the Randoms series.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06ZXWGSLZ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i9
2017
(In this Thriller Short, New York Times bestseller David L...)
In this Thriller Short, New York Times bestseller David Liss returns to eighteenth-century London with his flawed and fearless character Benjamin Weaver, who shines in a different light through this complicated tale. An old man named Fisher pays someone to write down his story, a story that relates his first brush with Benjamin Weaver. Weaver was committing a robbery when Fisher swooped in and stole the plunder.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076H78TSQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i14
2017
(The events of the novel lead directly into the game itsel...)
The events of the novel lead directly into the game itself, and feature some of the web-slinger’s most famous friends and foes including the Shocker, Echo, the Blood Spider, J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane Watson, and Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. It reveals his plan to establish an iron grip on New York City, and establishes layers of detail and character relationships that will play out in the game, helping to create a richer experience for the reader/player.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CWF56JB/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
2018
(Meet Marvel’s never-before-seen heroes of the 1930s! With...)
Meet Marvel’s never-before-seen heroes of the 1930s! With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York City, the Operative, the Aviatrix, the Surgeon, the Revenant and Achilles blast through dangers from blood-soaked mob warehouses to monster-infested mansions, and fight to blow the lid off a conspiracy that could bring the nation itself to its knees!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Z6ZL28/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i23
2018
David Liss was born on the 16th of March, 1966 in New Jersey and grew up in South Florida, United States.
David Liss received a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University and a Master of Arts degree from Georgia State University. He also did doctoral studies at Columbia University but left it unfinished.
David Liss began his first novel, A Conspiracy of Paper while working on his doctoral dissertation on 18th century British literature and culture at Columbia University. A Conspiracy of Paper was published in 2000. Since that time he has written The Coffee Trader (2003), The Devil's Company (2009), The Twelfth Enchantment (2011), and The Day of Atonement (2014). His most recent comic book, Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover was published in 2018. He is also a contributor of short stories to anthologies such as Men Seeking Women and Random House. Presently, he lives and works in New York City.
(Britt Reid, the masked crimefighter known as The Green Ho...)
2012(Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to des...)
2014(Meet Marvel’s never-before-seen heroes of the 1930s! With...)
2018(Guest-starring Spider-Man! It's the most unlikely team-up...)
2012(With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York Cit...)
2012(It’s difficult to return to Earth and live a simple, unad...)
2016(Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not comm...)
2004(In this Thriller Short, New York Times bestseller David L...)
2017(Who is murdering the citizens of Hell's Kitchen that The ...)
2012(His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as T...)
2016(The events of the novel lead directly into the game itsel...)
2018(Science fiction superfan Zeke is back in action as he and...)
2017(America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable na...)
2008(Sebastião Raposa is only thirteen when his parents are un...)
2014(Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in...)
2000(Having spent decades in the east to rejuvenate himself, t...)
2014(No one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns ou...)
2006(On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are w...)
2003(Zeke Reynolds comes from a long line of proud science fic...)
2015(Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor f...)
2011(The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire and master of disguise...)
2009
Quotations:
"The world is full of wonders that cannot be measured. That is why they are wonders."
"Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open."
"There's something I've never quite understood about patriotism and what it is to love your country and what it is to love your land and the customs and traditions attached. There's something much more dynamic and fluid and problematic about Jewish history and identity and Jewish identity is often like a sponge and a mirror in whatever moment it happens to exist."
"I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit."
"Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read, clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction I've read in quite some time and just plain reading fun. M.J. Rose is at the top of her game, and that is saying something."
"Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research for readers of popular history, and do so impressively."
"In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past."
"I didn't want to write a book that suggested that magic good or technology bad."
"I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical."
"I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation."
"If things had not worked out with fiction, I probably would have kept to my graduate school career track and sought a job as a literature professor."
David Liss is a member of the International Thriller Writers.
David Liss is married and has children.