Peter David is an American writer. He creates comics and movie scripts. Peter worked on the series Babylon 5 and the Young Justice League. His favorite genre is a fantastic action movie.
Biography and personal life
Peter Allen David was born on September 23, 1956 in New Jersey. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Germany to the United States in the 1930s. David has younger brothers Wally and sister Beth.
Peter's family often moved. First in New Jersey, from Bloomfield to Verona, and then to Pennsylvania. For almost 20 years, the wife of the screenwriter was Myra Kasman. Their wedding took place in 1977. Peter has two children - Ariel David and Guinevere David.
Career and creativity
Peter fell in love with flipping magazines with stories in pictures since childhood. And thoughts of writing arose at his youthful age. At age 12, he read manuals for future prose writers and dreamed of becoming a reporter. Perhaps the profession of his father Gunther, who was a journalist, played a role in this desire.
Peter was educated at New York University. He has a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. David is known as the author of humorous fiction and comic book creator. He also writes scripts for video games. Peter became famous thanks to the stories of the Hulk and the X-Factor team. He wrote a series of novels that take place in the Babylon 5 universe.
In the 1980s, Peter got a job as an assistant editor-in-chief at a publishing house. He was then an employee of the Playboy magazine sales team. For several years, David worked in the commercial department of Marvel Comics. He started with an assistant director of direct sales, and then became a manager.
