David Kudler

David Kudler (born 1962) is an American editor and author. He is best known for editing numerous posthumous editions of the books by Joseph Campbell, including Pathways to Bliss and the 2008 edition of The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

For the Joseph Campbell Foundation, he served as the managing editor of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series for over twenty years. In 2012, he started Stillpoint Digital Press, producing print, ebook and audiobook editions. He has contributed to Huffington Post, Medium, and a number of other websites, writing mostly about books and publishing.

His young adult historical adventure novel Risuko was published in June, 2016. Bright Eyes, the second book in the Seasons of the Sword tetralogy, came out on May 5, 2022. Kano, the next book in the series, came in April, 2024, and the finale, Murasaki, appeared in September, 2025.

Kudler is also a stage actor who has appeared with American Conservatory Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Marin Theatre Company, A Traveling Jewish Theater, and Theatreworks (Silicon Valley).