The Rise and Fall of the Horror Film
David Soren was born in 1946 in Philadelphia, Pa. He has written 10 books and more than 80 articles on subjects including Ancient Roman and Etruscan archaeology, dance, vaudeville, film, history and art history for publishers, which include Simon and Schuster, Prentice-Hall, Random House and Midnight Marquee. He has been the subject of documentary specials on The Learning Channel, The BBC, Italy’s RAI-1 and the Discovery Channel. Currently he holds appointments in 3 different departments at the University of Arizona where he is the Regents Professor of Anthropology and Classics. He also founded and directed four major archaeological excavations in Cyprus, Portugal, and Italy and is a Resident at the American Academy in Rome. For his contributions to Italian archeology he has been made an honorary Italian citizen and for his contributions to Greek archaeology he has been named an Honorary Philhellene by the Greek Orthodox Church. He is a Fellow of Great Britain’s Royal Institute of International Affairs and also of the Johns Hopkins Schools of Advanced International Research. For his contributions to American entertainment he has been named one of 1,500 biographies included in the two volume Encyclopedia of Vaudeville. Oxford University has named his archaeological discoveries one of the 75 most important of all time. Dr. Soren received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in Greek and Latin Studies, his M.A. from Harvard in Fine Arts, and his Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Harvard. He has been married for 43 years to Noelle Soren, the noted archaeologist and photographer and co-author of books and articles with Dr. Soren.