About

David Rocklin

David Rocklin is the author of the novels The Luminist and Foreword award-winning The Night Language. His new novel, The Electric Love Song of Fleischl Berger, will be published in May 2024.

He is also the author of The Write Formula: 12 Weeks from Concept to Completion, a comprehensive craft book offering guidance, inspiration and practical advice on all aspects of fiction writing, including the generation and expansion of ideas, character and plot structure, setting and POV choices, outlining and revision strategy, and navigating criticism and rejection.

David’s Los Angeles-based reading series, Roar Shack, is one of the city’s longest running and is considered an inclusive hub within the L.A. literary community. David has led workshops, spoken on panels, been interviewed in numerous publications. He’s looking forward to buying your book!

This is my amazing family. I’m so proud of all of them.

We believe in each other and I’m inspired by them every day.

This is my amazing family. I’m so proud of all of them.

We believe in each other and I’m inspired by them every day.

This is my wife, Nina

She’s always believed in me. I love that we support each other in our writing careers.

This is my wife, Nina


She’s always believed in me. I love that we support each other in our writing careers.

This is my dog, Zane

Fun fact: he’s deaf since birth and partially sighted, and he’s been a member of the family ever since we adopted him from a Great Dane rescue center. He also sleeps in his own twin-size bed but thinks he’s a lap dog!

This is my dog, Zane

Fun fact: he’s deaf since birth and partially sighted, and he’s been a member of the family ever since we adopted him from a Great Dane rescue center. He also sleeps in his own twin-size bed but thinks he’s a lap dog!