David Lida is the author of four books, including the very well-received travel narrative “First Stop in the New World” (Riverhead, 2009). His first novel, “One Life” was published in Mexico in Spanish in 2016. He has been a journalist for more than twenty years, principally in the U.S. and Mexico, but also for magazines in England, Canada and Peru. He is based in Mexico City. When he is not writing, he works as an investigator for lawyers in the U.S. who defend Latin Americans that are facing the death penalty. Presented in partnership with MBJCC Literary Series 2018.