David Lida

David Lida is the author of four books, including the very well received travel narrative First Stop in the New World (Riverhead, 2009). One Life is his first novel and will be published in Mexico in Spanish in 2016. He has been a journalist for more than twenty years, principally in the U.S. and Mexico, but also for magazines in England, Canada and Peru. He is based in Mexico City. When he is not writing, he works as an investigator for lawyers in the U.S. who defend Latin Americans that are...See more

David Lida is the author of four books, including the very well received travel narrative First Stop in the New World (Riverhead, 2009). One Life is his first novel and will be published in Mexico in Spanish in 2016. He has been a journalist for more than twenty years, principally in the U.S. and Mexico, but also for magazines in England, Canada and Peru. He is based in Mexico City. When he is not writing, he works as an investigator for lawyers in the U.S. who defend Latin Americans that are facing the death penalty. See less