My published writing includes works of creative nonfiction, memoir, journalism, and fiction. The topics I’ve covered: pop culture, relationships, education, social justice, LGBTQ life and history, technology trends, health, and caregiving. But at the heart of it all, beyond genres and topics, I write stories.
I love stories. Finding them. Hearing them. Telling them. Learning from them. Figuring out how best to tell mine. Helping you tell yours. Sharing them.
This website is a collection of some of my work – memoir essays, creative nonfiction pieces, news articles…. all stories. I hope you enjoy.
Bio
Dave Singleton is a award-winning writer, editor and author of three books, including, most recently, CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush. CRUSH is a star-studded literary memoir anthology from acclaimed and bestselling authors that illuminates the lasting power of desire and longing, and celebrates our initiation into the euphoria, pain, and mystery that is our first crush. In addition to his own writing for the book, he co-edited the essays of James Franco, Stephen King, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, and 33 others.
Dave writes for numerous publications and websites on a variety of topics, including health, caregiving, and pop culture as well as social, political and cultural history. He’s a recurring columnist for Caring.com, a Contributing Editor for the literary journal Scoundrel Time and multimedia communications consultant.
He has appeared on television and radio programs such as NBC News, NPR, the BBC, and AARP Prime Time Focus. His work has been featured in numerous print and online media, including The Washington Post, National Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Washingtonian, PBS’s Next Avenue, Salon, AARP Magazine, Huffington Post, the UK Sun, the Sydney Morning Herald, Yahoo, MSN, Match.com’s Happen magazine, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Tango, Metro Weekly, Instinct, Attitude, and OUT.
He has a strong interest and background in writing about history and historical events, especially around civil rights and equality.
For his historical 22-part multimedia (print, online, radio and TV) report on the Stonewall Riots’ 40th Anniversary for AARP Media, he received three national awards in 2010:
MIN (Media Industry) Award for Outstanding Exclusive Coverage
GLAAD Award for Outstanding Multimedia Journalism
NLGJA (National Gay & Lesbian Journalist Association) Excellence in Online Journalism
In 2011, he received acclaim for the oral history and memoir he produced for Washingtonian on the 30th anniversary of AIDS in Washington. In 2015, he won another NLGJA (National Gay & Lesbian Journalist Association) Excellence in Online Journalism award for his article Finding Pride and Home: The State of Older LGBT Housing. In 2017, he wrote about the 50th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the iconic U.S. Supreme Court case on interracial marriage, for Salon.
He taught creative nonfiction and memoir at The Writer’s Center in Washington, D.C. and speaks at colleges, conferences, and events.
He lives in Maryland.