David R. Stokes has written several highly regarded works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as two screenplays. His first book, The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America (Steerforth/Penguin/Random House, 2011), a narrative non-fiction thriller set in the 1920s, quickly became a Wall Street Journal best-seller. He divides his time between homes in Virginia and Florida.

David R. Stokes has written several highly regarded works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as two screenplays. His first book, The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America (Steerforth/Penguin/Random House, 2011), a narrative non-fiction thriller set in the 1920s, quickly became a Wall Street Journal best-seller. He divides his time between homes in Virginia and Florida.

David R. Stokes has written several highly regarded works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as two screenplays. His first book, The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America (Steerforth/Penguin/Random House, 2011), a narrative non-fiction thriller set in the 1920s, quickly became a Wall Street Journal best-seller. He divides his time between homes in Virginia and Florida.