The Faust and the Femme Fatale

David J. Lythberg was born in Chicago, IL and has lived there until moving to Mobile, AL in the late eighties. He attended University of South Alabama, where he majored in Theater, until the late nineties. From there, he moved to Dallas, TX, where he was part of The Great Poet Tour (Poetry Circuit) which centered in the Deep Ellum section of the city. He began his writing career by publishing two books of poetry, including A Depression. He is the author of The Glamorous Life of Emily's Failure, his fi rst novel.