Education
Drake graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, majoring in history (with honors) and Latin.
Drake graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, majoring in history (with honors) and Latin.
A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the major authors of the military science fiction genre. His studies at Duke University School of Law were interrupted for two years when he was drafted into the United States. Army, where he served as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th Armored Cavalry (The Black Horse Regiment) in Vietnam and Cambodia. With Karl Edward Wagner and Jim Groce, he was one of the initiators of Carcosa, a small press company.
He now lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Mayfair Games produced the licensed Hammer"s Slammers board game (1984) based on David Drake"s novel Hammer"s Slammers. Mongoose Publishing adapted Drake"s novel as the licensed setting Hammer"s Slammers (2009) for the Traveller role-playing game.