Author: David Wallace
Alternate names: Wallace, David (Journalist)
Bio: After graduating from University of New Mexico, David Wallace worked in public relations for many years. He was a partner in the Gifford-Wallace Inc. agency in New York City and head of the David Wallace and Co. agency in Hollywood and Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the 1980s, he was West Coast representative for nationally syndicated gossip columnist Liz Smith and national correspondent for People magazine. He has written numerous feature articles for the Los Angeles Times, the Denver Post, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles, and the Malibu Times.

Wallace is author of Capital of the World: A Portrait of New York City in the 1920s (2012), Lost Hollywood (2001), Hollywoodland (2002), Dream Palaces of Hollywood’s Golden Age (2006), Exiles in Hollywood (2006), and A City Comes Out: How Celebrities Made Palm Springs a Gay and Lesbian Paradise (2008), and was a contributor to Malibu: A Century of Living by the Sea (2004). Wallace lives in Palm Springs, California, where he teaches creative writing and works as a writer and co-writer.-Donella Press