Anna David | |
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![]() Anna David | |
Born | 1970 (age 53–54) [1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Trinity College |
Occupation(s) | Publisher, writer, speaker, television personality, podcaster |
Website | www |
Anna Benjamin David is an American publisher, author, speaker, podcast host, and television personality.
David was born to Jewish parents. [2] She is a graduate of Trinity College. [3]
David is the author of the novels Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007), [4] Bought (HarperCollins, 2009), [5] and the non-fiction books Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011), [6] Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010), [7] True Tales of Lust and Love, How to Get Successful by F*cking Up Your Life and Make Your Mess Your Memoir. Her book By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There, co-written with Tom Sizemore, was a New York Times bestseller. [8] In 2021, she got the rights to Party Girl back from HarperCollins and relaunched the book under her own publishing imprint. [9] Party Girl is in development as a movie with the producer of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. [10]
David has been a contributor to The Daily Beast , [11] Details , [12] Maxim , Premiere , Parenting , People , Us Weekly , Time [13] , MindBodyGreen, MarieClaire, BuzzFeed, and Razor.
David's work has appeared in The New York Times , [14] The LA Times , [15] Details, [16] Cosmopolitan , Time, Vice , BuzzFeed, Psychology Today , HuffPost , New York Post , The Huffington Post , [17] Playboy , [18] Redbook , Self , Stuff , TV Guide , Movieline , Women's Health , Esquire UK , Teen Vogue , Variety , Tatler , Emmy, and Salon . [19]
David was one of the main hosts on G4’s Attack of the Show [20] for four years and has been featured on Good Morning America , The Talk , Hannity , Red Eye , [21] Dr. Drew , [22] Jane Velez Mitchell [23] and The Insider [24] as well as on various other programs on Fox News, CTV, MTV News, VH1 and E!.
In 2010, David started speaking at colleges about addiction and recovery. [25] That year, she began delivering the keynote speech “Surviving and Thriving in an Addictive Society” at colleges across the country. [26] In 2017, she gave her 10-minute talk, “How to Wear Your Labels” alongside Tony Robbins at the Genius Network Annual event. [27] In 2018, she spoke at TEDxOhlone, TEDxLosGatos and TedXUniversityofSanDiego. [28]
She speaks at organizations, events and corporations on three different topics: goal-setting, leaving a legacy, and building authority. [29]
In 2017, David launched Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, a company that publishes books for entrepreneurs and thought leaders. [30] Legacy Launch Pad has released numerous books that have become Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestsellers.
David hosts a podcast on publishing, which has been named one of the best publishing podcasts by LA Weekly [31] and Feedspot, [32] among many others. [33] The podcast has featured interviews with Chris Voss, [34] Adam Carolla [35] and Jay Abraham [36] and many more. She also hosts the Fail Your Way to Success podcast. [37] Lastly, David is the book critic for KATU Portland's morning show. [38]
In 2023, David and her partner James Agnew welcomed a baby via surrogate, a topic she writes about for Pasadena Magazine. [39]
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