David Pereda is the award-winning author of fourteen thrillers and mainstream novels. His books have won the Lighthouse Book Awards twice, the Royal Palm Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, and the Readers Favorite Awards twice. His novel, THE WALL, was a Gold Medal winner in the 2023 Latino Books Into Movies Awards, a Book Excellence Award Winner, and a Finalist in the Coverfly Screencraft Cinematic Competition. His most recent novel, GOLDEN, part of a trilogy with the same key characters as THE WALL, has already won two awards—the Maincrest Media Award and a Top Ten Fiction Finalist in the January 2024 Book Shelf Awards.

Before devoting his time solely to writing and teaching, Pereda had a successful international consulting career with global giant Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked with the governments of Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, and Qatar, among others. He has traveled to more than thirty countries, lived in six for extended periods, and speaks four languages.

A member of MENSA, Pereda earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in California. He earned BA degrees in English literature and mathematics at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He loves sports and has won many prizes, competing in track and show-jumping equestrian events.

Pereda lives in artistic Asheville, North Carolina, surrounded by the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains. He teaches mathematics and English at the Asheville-Buncombe Community College.

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