David Ek

David Alan Ek is a geoscientist and award-winning National Park Service veteran, including within Death Valley National Park, the setting for "Lizard People: Death Valley Underground." These authentic experiences, coupled with his lifelong exploration of America’s wild places, fuel his writing. Blending science, myth, and psychological suspense, his fiction digs beneath the surface both literally and metaphorically to expose the hidden forces shaping our world.

His stories have appeared in "Canary: A Literary Journal of the Environmental Crisis" and "Weber: The Contemporary West." When he’s not writing or exploring, David lives with his family and dogs in rural Virginia. Visit his author's website for new releases, free stories, and event updates.