David Liss (born March 16, 1966) is an American writer of novels, essays and short fiction; more recently working also in comic books.

He left his post-graduate studies of 18th Century British literature and unfinished dissertation to write full-time.

"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," he said.

[3] A full-time writer since 2010, Liss lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and children.

[5] A member of the International Thriller Writers,[6] he is a regular attendee at Bouchercon and Thrillerfest.