David is "a French/Ojibwa half-breed born in Northern Ontario in 1969. I am married with two children and a dog." He has a B.A. from Lakehead University and published his first book of poetry Night in the Exude in 1997. He graduated from the En'owkin International School of Writing in 1999. David's poetry has been published in over 50 periodicals and anthologies in Canada, the USA and England. He won the Munro Poetry Prize in 1997, the Simon J. Lucas Jr. Memorial Award in 1999 and in 1996 and 1997 was a finalist in The Shaunt Basmajian Anthology competition. David lives with his family in Northern Ontario.