David Pereda is an award-winning author and college writing instructor living in Asheville, North Carolina. He is the regional director of Florida Writers Association's Western North Carolina division and the founder of Asheville Writing Enthusiasts (AWE).
     His latest novel, Havana: Killing Castro, the second in his mystery-thriller Havana Series, was published by Eternal Press in January 2010. It has won several awards already and has received rave reviews. His previous novel, Havana: Top Secret, the first in his mystery-thriller Havana series, was published in May 2009 by Eternal Press and continues to receive excellent reviews.
     Pereda has published three previous novels, Getting Filthy Rich, Havana Confidential and The Highest Hurdle. Another completed and yet unpublished manuscript has garnered him various literary awards: However Long the Night, formerly titled Beyond Midnight.
     Havana: Killing Castro has been adapted to a screenplay by a Hollywood producer and recently made the quarterfinals of a well-known screenwriting competition in Hollywood.
     Pereda freelances and his work regularly appears in publications like The Laurel of Asheville and Pasajero, the in-flight magazine for Venezuelan airline Aeropostal. His poetry has been published in English and Spanish anthologies.
A former consultant with global giant Booz Allen Hamilton, Pereda has traveled extensively around the world and has been an advisor to the governments of Mexico, Venezuela, Peru and Qatar, among others.
     Pereda earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in California. He earned bachelor degrees in English literature and mathematics at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is a member of MENSA and speaks four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.
     The proud father of five children, he lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his family.

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     Pereda writes a monthly wine column for "Pasajero," the in-flight magazine for Venezuelan airline Aeropostal. He has published numerous articles, short stories and poems. Pereda is in discussion with a Hollywood producer about one of his new works becoming a movie.

    In addition to his full-time writing  and teaching careers, Pereda is an outstanding athlete who has won awards in international equestrian events and maintains records in track and field. He is a member of MENSA and speaks four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

     Pereda earned his MBA from Pepperdine University in California. He earned bachelor degrees in English literature and mathematics at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

    He is the proud father of five children. Pereda and his wife, Mariate, an award-winning photographer, moved from the heart of Miami to the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of Asheville, North Carolina.