Dave came to belief as a child and grew up steeped in biblical narratives. His mother read to him and his father was a pastor as well as a student of both theology and biblical languages.Growing up, Dave often asked his father to read aloud the scriptures in their original Hebrew and Greek. While Dave could not understand them, the music of these languages in their original tongue fascinated him. His father's library of commentaries now lines a wall in his home.In his debut novel, The Confessions of Adam, a re-telling of the universal and dramatic narrative that opens the book of Genesis, he has crafted a richly imagined story of creation and its aftermath-drawing on a lifetime of familiarity with the text as well as more recent study. The Confessions of Adam was a 2020 Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Award finalist and a 2021 Illumination Award medalist.David J. Marsh holds a BS in Communications from Grace College, Winona Lake, IN and an MFA in Creative Writing from Butler University, Indianapolis. Dave's work has been recognized by or appeared in Utmost, Booth Online, NoiseMedium, and Fixional.Dave facilitates the Westside Writers' Workshop and twice monthly he posts a column on the craft of fiction called "Revel and Rant" at www.davidjmarsh.com. Please join Dave on Instagram @davidjmarshauthor and Facebook @DavidJMarshAuthor.Dave and his wife Cyndi reside in Avon, Indiana.