David Theobold grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, and studied systems engineering at Northeastern University before spending a decade as a risk analyst for a Boston insurer. After earning an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, he taught writing and researched how small failures ripple through complex systems—an obsession that anchors his suspense fiction. His work blends propulsive plot with the granular textures of infrastructure, small-town politics, and the uneasy way technology braids into daily life.
His essays and short stories have appeared in The Common, Boulevard, and Yankee Magazine. A recipient of a 2021 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Fiction, he is the author of the suspense novel Veil of Unseen Consequences and continues to explore how risk, secrecy, and community collide.
He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with his partner and a retired greyhound. When not writing, he restores vintage bicycles and volunteers with the Connecticut River Conservancy.
