Marvelous Things

My name is David Edward Wagner. I write books. I also write music. I was born in Ohio but the East Bay, CA is my long term residence and stomping grounds. For the past while I have been flitting between the CA and Istanbul, now with my wife and son.

I write about the things that astound me. The places where psychology meets philosophy, where science meets spirituality and biology confronts technology. I dig science and history. Philosophy. Comic books. Oceans. Deserts. I love rock and roll in all its various disguises.

Over the years I have been an executive chef, a house painter, a stick juggler, a construction worker, an editor, a kitchen manager/drummer in a traveling cafe/belly dance show, and a chai bottler. I play several instruments and have been known to possess a distinctive German accent from time to time.

I have an MA in philosophy and I would love to talk to you about Foucault and phenomenology anytime.