David Davis

Award-winning journalist David Davis is the author of three books: Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku; Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: The 1908 Olympic Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched a Sporting Craze; and Play By Play: Los Angeles Sports Photography: 1889-1989; and one eBook: "Marathon Crasher: The Life and Times of Merry Lepper, the First American Woman to Run a Marathon." His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Magazine and Vice; his writing has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing series. He has curated two photography exhibitions at the Los Angeles Central Library and has been a board member of Photo Friends since 2004. He lives in Los Angeles.