David Black
Journalist

David Black is an award-winning journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and producer. His novel Like Father was named a Notable Book of the year by the New York Times and listed as one of the seven best novels of the year by the Washington Post. The King of Fifth Avenue was also named as a Notable Book of the year by the New York Times. Mr. Black received the Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America for best fact crime book for Murder at the Met. His second Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination was for “Happily Ever After,” an episode of Law & Order. His third Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination was for “Carrier,” also an episode of Law & Order.

He won the Writers’ Guild of America Award for The Confession. He was also nominated for the Writers’ Guild of America Award for an episode of Hill Street Blues. He received an American Bar Association Certificate of Merit for “Nullification,” a controversial episode of Law & Order about militia groups. He was also the producer and writer for the Sidney Lumet series 100 Centre Street.