David Elsensohn enjoys coaxing language into pleasing arrangements. He makes rather good sandwiches, he's told, and his chili recipe gets appreciative nods from friends.

He has been inspired by such language-coaxers as Tolkien, Howard, Leiber, Norton, and Gaiman, and aspires to bring heroic storytelling back to the forefront of fantasy fiction. He has works published in the Northridge Review, Crack the Spine, Kazka Press's California Cantata, and Flame Tree Publishing's Chilling Horror Stories, and is seeking representation for his first novel. His story "Vanni's Choice" was a winner of the NeoVerse Short Story Writing Competition, and published in Threads: A NeoVerse Anthology. His work has earned Honorable Mentions in Glimmer Train's 2013 Short Story Award for New Writers, and Writers of the Future #31.

He lives in Los Angeles with an inspirational wife and the ghost of a curmudgeonly black cat.