David M. Ewalt

David M. Ewalt is an award-winning journalist, author and speaker. His first book, Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It, was published by Scribner and chosen by Amazon.com as one of the best books of 2013.

He is a contributing editor to Forbes Magazine, and writes a blog for Forbes.com. He previously served as a senior editor at Forbes, where he co-authored the annual Fictional 15 and helped create two of the magazine's biggest annual issues, America's Best Colleges and The World's Most Powerful People. His byline has appeared in a wide variety of magazines, newspapers, and web sites, ranging from Archaeology to New York to The Wall Street Journal.

He's delivered talks and moderated discussions for world-class organizations including Google, Microsoft, and Sony, and spoken at conferences including Gen Con, PAX Prime, PAX East, New York Comic Con, the Under 30 Summit, the Amazing Meeting, and the Venture Capital in Education Summit.

He has appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including ABC's Good Morning America, NPR’s All Things Considered and Weekend Edition, CNBC’s Closing Bell, and other programs on CNN, BBC, Fox News and MSNBC. He's been quoted as an expert source by a variety of news outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, Australia's Courier-Mail and China's People's Daily.

David lives and works in Brooklyn, New York