About David Selcer

David Selcer graduated from Northwestern University, where he studied in the Medill School of Journalism.  He then obtained his law degree from The Ohio State University College of Law in Columbus, Ohio, today called the Moritz School of Law.  Thereafter, he worked at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C.  before going into the private practice of law.  He has tried many class action lawsuits in the civil rights    area. He retired from his management labor law practice in 2005 to writing historical fiction novels and mysteries.  

His novel, "Lincoln's Hat and the TEA Movement's Anger" won a first place award in the international Chanticleer Book Review Awards contest in 2017.  His novel, "The Old Stories" (Da Alt Geshikhtem) is on the virtual Jewish Book Council Tour for 2020-2021.  It has been reviewed in the Jewish News for southwest Florida and the Jewish News in Ohio. 

He also authors mysteries for a series called Buckeye Barrister Mysteries featuring Wiliam H. Barchrist III, Esq, an overweight, underpaid lawyer. whose main source of transportation is a motor scooter in Columbus, Ohio, where he represents small-time criminals and practices divorce law.  Attorney Barchrist moved to Columbus after barely escaping disbarment in Chicago, where he worked for a large national securities law firm.  There are four books in this series, none of which are dependent on a reader's having read any of the other three.  They are published by Cozy Cat Press.  

Mr. Selcer has also written Federal Agency Decisions for various Federal Agencies at the first step of the Federal civil rights claims procedure.
His law work, which was very serious business, became his reason for writing fiction.  He says if he can't laugh at himself, then who will laugh at him; and, that if history is not a lie, then exactly who are the truth-tellers.

Today he lives with his wife Susan in Columbus, Ohio.  Between them, they have 6 children and  7 grandchildren. 













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