Anna Benjamin David (born 1970) is an American publisher, author, speaker, podcast host, and television personality.
Early life David was born to Jewish parents. She is a graduate of Trinity College.
Career Book and magazine author David is the author of the novels Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007), Bought (HarperCollins, 2009), and the non-fiction books Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011), Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010), 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.
Her novel Party Girl portrays a celebrity journalist's alcoholism and subsequent sobriety. In 2018, the movie rights to Party Girl was acquired by producer Niels Juul. In 2021, she got the rights to Party Girl back from HarperCollins and relaunched the book under her own publishing imprint. In late 2024, David released a revised "PG Version" of Party Girl with much of its explicit content removed, prompting the Wall Street Journal to describe her as, "part of an era of tell-all writers now worried about their children reading their books."
David's work has appeared in The New York Times,If We Met in a Former Life, Maybe He Was Straight Then - The New York Times The LA Times,LA Times story The Huffington Post,Huffing Post - Anna David Playboy,Naked New York - Anna David Salon,Salon.com - Anna David The Daily Beast, Time, Details,Details contributors - Anna David Cosmo, Playboy, New York Post, and many others.
In 2017, David launched Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, a company that publishes books for entrepreneurs.
Television personality David was one of the main hosts on G4’s Attack of the ShowAttack of the Show talent page for four years and has been featured on Good Morning America, The Talk, Hannity, Red Eye,Red Eye video Dr. Drew, Jane Velez Mitchell and The Insider 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. That year, she began delivering the keynote speech “Surviving and Thriving in an Addictive Society” at colleges across the country.
David hosted "On Good Authority", a podcast on publishing. David is also the book critic for KATU Portland's morning show and writes about literature for Los Angeles Magazine.
Personal life In 2023, David and her partner James Agnew had a baby via surrogacy, a topic she writes about for Los Angeles Magazine.
Bibliography Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007) Bought (HarperCollins, 2009) Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010) Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011) Animal Attraction (2012) By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There (Simon & Schuster, 2013) They Like Me They Really Like Me (2013) (audio version, 2015) True Tales of Lust and Love (Counterpoint/Soft Skull, 2014) Make Your Mess Your Memoir (Launch Pad Publishing, 2020) On Good Authority (Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, 2023)
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Bestselling Author In Recovery Helps A New Generation Of Recovery Writers Tell Their Stories on Huffington Post How This NY Times Best-Selling Author Is Shifting The Addiction Narrative With Artful Storytelling - Forbes You Could Be Building an Empire Without Even Realizing It - Entrepreneur 'Silence' Exec Producer Acquires Anna David Novel 'Party Girl' - Hollywood Reporter 5 Critical Lessons I Learned Turning My Side Hustle Into a Million-Dollar Business - Entrepreneur She Wrote a Racy Book. Now She’s Worried Her Son Will Find It.