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David Zweig  

Writer, Lecturer and Musician; Author of "Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion"

David Zweig is a writer, lecturer and musician based in Brooklyn, New York. "Invisibles," his first nonfiction book, is an expansion of his acclaimed Atlantic article “What Do Fact-Checkers and Anesthesiologists Have in Common?” As of winter 2014 translation rights have been sold in multiple countries in Asia and in Europe.

As a singer, guitar player and producer, Zweig has released two widely praised albums, All Now With Wings and Keep Going. Both albums charted on college radio playlists and garnered accolades for Zweig, with the press calling him a “symphonic pop prodigy.” An extended music bio can be found here.

His debut novel, Swimming Inside The Sun, a modernist tour de force about identity and self-consciousness, was released fall 2009. It received a rave review from Kirkus calling it a “terrific debut from a talented writer.” In its wake Zweig was the subject of a featured profile in Billboard magazine which covered his numerous creative endeavors.

Zweig has been invited to lecture about the intersection of media, technology and psychology at numerous universities and academic conferences around the country and abroad. As a freelance journalist he has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

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