David Zimmerman grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and later studied film at Emerson College in Boston. He studied creative writing for three years in Tuscaloosa, Alabama before heading for New York City, where he worked as a publicist for St. Martin's Press. He now divides his time between teaching abroad (Brazil and Ethiopia) and living and working in Savannah, Georgia. A later draft of an earlier 3-Day Novel submission won Mr. Zimmerman the 2001 Quarterly West novella contest.
