David Farley

This article is about author and journalist. For the cartoonist, see Doctor Fun.

David Farley, born September 25, 1971 is an American author and journalist. He is originally from Dubuque, Iowa, but spent his formative years in Simi Valley, California. He graduated from Simi Valley High School and received a bachelor's degree from University of California, Santa Cruz and a master's degree in European history from San Francisco State University.

Farley writes mostly about travel, food, and culture for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Conde Nast Traveler, and World Hum, among other publications. In 2006, he won a Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers. He has lived in Prague, Paris, and Rome and now lives in New York City.^[1]

An Irreverent Curiosity

"An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in Italy's Oddest Town,",^[2] Farley's first book, is a narrative history/travelogue about Farley's time living in Calcata, Italy while searching for the Holy Foreskin, which was preserved in the medieval hill town's church for centuries until it went missing under mysterious circumstances in the 1980s. The book was named one of the best travel books of the year by the Los Angeles Times and WorldHum.com and one of the best books of the decade by the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. In October 2010, it won a Lowell Thomas Award for best travel book.^[3]

References

1. ^ official author site, www.dfarley.com
2. ^ Penguin, 2009, http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781592404544,00.html
3. ^ official author site, www.dfarley.com

External links

• David Farley official site with information about his books, article archives, links to interviews and information about speaking engagements.
• Interview with David Farley in The New Yorker
• In search of the holy prepuce, Bookpod

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