DAVID MICHAEL SLATER
SELECTED PRAISE AND COVERAGE
October 2026

UGLY
"A darkly comic and chaotic journey across three generations, UGLY will blindside you with clever (and deeply morbid) twists."
Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End
https://www.davidmichaelslater.com/ugly/

THE VANISHING
"A tense and spellbindingly gripping fantasy meditation on the horrors of the Holocaust."
Kirkus Reviews
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-michael-slater/the-vanishing-1/

AWARD
The Vanishing won the American Writing Awards' 2022 Fiction Book of the Year.
https://americanwritingawards.com/2022

TELEVISION INTERVIEW
KOLO Morning Break, July 12, 2023
Reno teacher signs film deal with Harry Potter filmmaker, Chris Columbus
https://www.kolotv.com/2023/07/12/reno-teacher-signs-film-deal-with-harry-potter-filmmaker-chris-columbus/

PROFILE
Rockne Roll, The Jewish Review, March 2026
Slater's latest is three stories in one
https://jewishportland.org/jewishreview/jr-stories/slaters-latest-is-three-stories-in-one

Contact: david@davidmichaelslater.com
