ABOUT

David Howard is a journalist and the author of nonfiction books and magazine stories. 

His most recent book, Chasing Phil: The Adventures of Two Undercover Agents with the World’s Most Charming Con Man, was published in 2017. It chronicled the raucous, year-long journey of a pair of agents with a master of financial fraud in 1977. The undercover investigation into a global network of white-collar crime was the first of its kind in FBI history. In its review, the Washington Post called the book “a caper, a picaresque, an anti-Untouchables.” 

His first book, Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic, chronicled the 138-year journey of an original, priceless rendition of the Bill of Rights that was pilfered during the Civil War. Publishers Weekly called the book a “remarkable American story” and a “marvelously compelling read” in a starred review. 

Dave has spoken at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas, the National Archives, the National Constitution Center, and the State Libraries of North Carolina and Virginia. Dave was featured on C-SPAN's Book TV and an episode of the History Channel show "Brad Meltzer's Lost History." He and the two now-retired FBI agents featured in Chasing Phil were interviewed together on NRP’s 1A, and Dave was also a guest on WNYC’s “Leonard Lopate Show.” 

Dave has an extensive background as a magazine editor. He worked as the executive editor of Popular Mechanics and Bicycling, story editor at Prevention, and senior editor at Backpacker. He lives in Portland, Maine.

Contact him at davidhowardauthor@gmail.com, on Twitter, or on Instagram. For updates on what he’s up to, check out his Facebook page.