David Blum

David Blum is an American writer and editor.

Blum was born in Queens, New York, and graduated with a degree in English literature from the University of Chicago in 1977. He has also worked for Esquire (where he became as associate editor in 1983), been a contributing editor at New York Magazine (1985–1992), and a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine (1995–2000).

In 1992, he published his first book, Flash In The Pan: The Life and Death of an American Restaurant, which was named a notable nonfiction book of the year by The New York Times Book Review. He published his second book, Tick...Tick...Tick...: The Long Life & Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes, in 2004.

In 2002, he was named an adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. and editor-in-chief of the New York Press from September 2007 through June 2008. In the latter half of 2008, he briefly served as editor-in-chief of the short-lived 02138 magazine. He has also served as editorial director of its owner (and the owner of the New York Press), Manhattan Media.

In 2010, Blum joined Amazon.com as the founding editor of Kindle single, the retailer's effort to sell long-form nonfiction for its e-reader device. In 2016, Blum moved to Audible Inc. as editor-in-chief of Audible Original Publishing.

Personal life Blum is married to television writer and producer Terri Minsky.