david graduated from the loomis chaffee school in 1970, then went on to graduate from the university of michigan (ba) degree and stanford law school (jd) degree. he is the author of "dreadful: the short life and gay times of john horne burns", a biography of the controversial american author john horne burns. in an hour-long conversation recorded may 1, 2014, margolick and jay ackroyd discussed 'dreadful' . margolick is also the author of "elizabeth and hazel: two women of little rock", a study of the principal figures in the iconic photograph from the 1957 school desegregation crisis, published in october 2011 by yale university press. in july 2011 his long-form article "a predator priest", about a family’s long quest to bring a pedophile priest from margolick’s hometown of putnam, connecticut, to justice, was posted on kindle singles. his prior books include "beyond glory: joe louis vs. max schmeling, and a world on the brink", published by knopf in 2005; "strange fruit: the biography of a song" (2001); "at the bar: the passions and peccadillos of american lawyers" (1995); and "undue influence: the epic battle for the johnson & johnson fortune" (1994). he is currently writing a book on sid caesar’s "your show of shows" for nextbook’s jewish encounters series (schocken/random house). he has been an adjunct professor in new york university’s department of journalism and lives in new york city and sag harbor.