Anna David (journalist)

David is the author of the novels Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007),[3] Bought (HarperCollins, 2009),[4] and the non-fiction books Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011),[5] Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010),[6] 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.[7] In 2021, she got the rights to Party Girl back from HarperCollins and relaunched the book under her own publishing imprint.[8] Party Girl is in development as a movie with the producer of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.[9]

David has been a contributor to The Daily Beast,[10] Details,[11] Maxim, Premiere, Parenting, People, Us Weekly, Time[12], MindBodyGreen, MarieClaire, BuzzFeed, and Razor.

David's work has appeared in The New York Times,[13] The LA Times,[14] Details,[15] Cosmopolitan, Time, Vice, BuzzFeed, Psychology Today, HuffPost, New York Post, The Huffington Post,[16] Playboy,[17] Redbook, Self, Stuff, TV Guide, Movieline, Women's Health, Esquire UK, Teen Vogue, Variety, Tatler, Emmy, and Salon.[18]

David was one of the main hosts on G4’s Attack of the Show[19] for four years and has been featured on Good Morning America, The Talk, Hannity, Red Eye,[20] Dr. Drew,[21] Jane Velez Mitchell[22] and The Insider[23] 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.[24] That year, she began delivering the keynote speech “Surviving and Thriving in an Addictive Society” at colleges across the country.[25] In 2017, she gave her 10-minute talk, “How to Wear Your Labels” alongside Tony Robbins at the Genius Network Annual event.[26] In 2018, she spoke at TEDxOhlone, TEDxLosGatos and TedXUniversityofSanDiego.[27]

In 2017, David launched Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, a company that publishes books for entrepreneurs and thought leaders.[28] Legacy Launch Pad has released numerous books that have become Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestsellers.

David hosts a podcast on publishing, which has been named one of the best publishing podcasts by LA Weekly[29] and Feedspot,[30] among many others.[31] The podcast has featured interviews with Chris Voss,[32] Adam Carolla,[33] and Jay Abraham,[34] and many more. Lastly, David is the book critic for KATU Portland's morning show.[35]