David Kudler

David Kudler
Born1962
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University, National Theatre Conservatory
Notable workThe Hero with a Thousand Faces, Risuko
Websitedavidkudler.com

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.[1] In 2012, he started Stillpoint Digital Press, producing print, ebook and audiobook editions.[2] He has contributed to Huffington Post, Medium, and a number of other websites, writing mostly about books and publishing.[3]

His young adult historical adventure novel Risuko was published in June, 2016.[4] Bright Eyes, the second book in the Seasons of the Sword tetralogy, came out on May 5, 2022.[5] He's said that he's working to complete Kano, the next book in the series, by March, 2024.[6]

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).[7]

  1. ^ Goodreads author bio. Accessed 12/2/2012
  2. ^ Stillpoint Digital Press website. Accessed 12/2/2012
  3. ^ David Kudler on Huffington Post
  4. ^ Official Risuko Website. Accessed 9/9/2015.
  5. ^ Official Risuko Website. Accessed 3/25/2022.
  6. ^ Kano is coming! Accessed 3/16/2023
  7. ^ New York Roots Guide Mill Valley Actor Through Brooklyn Boy, 'J Weekly', Friday, July 21, 2006; Author biography, The Seven Gods of Luck, Houghton Mifflin, 1998.