Author

David Boop is a Denver-based speculative fiction author & editor. He’s also an award-winning essayist, and screenwriter. Before turning to fiction, David worked as a DJ, film critic, journalist, and actor.

David’s novels run the gamut, such as the sci-fi/noir She Murdered Me with Science, the Weird Western, The Drowned Horse Chronicle, and Rippers Resurrected:The Soul Changers, a historical, dark fantasy. Dave recently had a tribute collaborative mosaic novel come out in the late Jack L Chalker's Well World Universe called Permutations.

David edited the bestselling and award-nominated Weird Western anthology series, Straight Outta Tombstone, Straight Outta Deadwood and Straight Outta Dodge City, followed by a trio of Space Western anthologies starting with Gunfight on Europa Station, High Noon on Proxima B, and Last Train Outta Keplar-283c. He’s edited several pulp anthologies, including Gentlemen Prefer Domino Lady, Domino Patrick: Daughter of the Domino Lady, and Green Hornet & Kato: Detroit Noir City. He's currently working on a Gil the Arm Hamilton Anthology for Larry Niven.

David is prolific in short fiction with many short stories including media tie-ins for Predator (nominated for the 2018 Scribe Award), Kolchak the Night Stalker, The Green Hornet, and Veronica Mars. His first comic, Travailiant Rising, co-authored with NYT Bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson is a giant mech series due out in 2026.

He’s a Summa Cum Laude Graduate from UC-Denver in the Creative Writing program. He tutors and teaches Creative Writing, collects Funko Pops, and is a believer. You can find out more at Davidboop.com.