Here’s the official version of me:
Downie moved to Italy and France in the mid-1980s. For several decades, his newspaper and magazine writing appeared worldwide in dozens of publications. He’s the author of nearly 20 fiction and nonfiction books, several of them translated into French, Italian, Chinese, and Korean. Downie divides his time between Italy and France.
Books by David Downie
Un’altra Parigi
The Irreverent Guide to Amsterdam
Enchanted Liguria: A Celebration of the Culture, Lifestyle and Food of the Italian Riviera
La Tour de l’Immonde (fiction)
Cooking the Roman Way
Paris City of Night (fiction)
Food Wine Rome
Food Wine Genoa & the Italian Riviera
Food Wine Burgundy
Quiet Corners of Rome
Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light
Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptical Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James
A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light
A Taste of Paris: A History of the Parisian Love Affair with Food
The Gardener of Eden (fiction)
Red Riviera: Murder on the Italian Riviera (fiction)
Roman Roulette: Murder in the Catacombs (fiction)
The Paris, Paris Timeline
Shadows of Rome: A Memoir
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Media contacts:
For info and interviews about SHADOWS OF ROME, PARIS CITY OF NIGHT or THE PARIS, PARIS TIMELINE, and FOUR OF CLUBS, please contact parispundit@gmail.com
For info and interviews about RED RIVIERA or ROMAN ROULETTE, please contact Alan Squire Publishing: alansquirepr@gmail.com
For book contracts, speaking, and movie rights questions, please contact my agent, Alice Martell: afmartell@themartellagency.com.
Please email me at: dddownie@gmail.com
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Recent nonfiction works by David Downie include Shadows of Rome: A Memoir and The Paris, Paris Timeline (both published by Seine, Tiber & Bay); A Taste of Paris, winner of the Gourmand Award for best American food/travel book; and A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light, both published by St. Martin’s Press.
Other recent nonfiction works include two critically acclaimed books about Paris and France, Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptical Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James (April 2013), a National Geographic Traveler pick-of-the-month; and the evergreen volume of essays, Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light (now into its 11th or 12th printing).
Among David Downie’s food, wine and travel books are Food Wine Rome and Food Wine Burgundy, plus Quiet Corners of Rome, Enchanted Liguria and Cooking the Roman Way.
Atop the Pyrenees, ready to dodge shotgun blasts.
Those are hunter’s blinds…
Read all about it in Paris to the Pyrenees.
A hop, skip, and a jump to cross the Canche River in Burgundy, one of my favorite lethal spots as we trekked from Paris to the Pyrenees.
Spring time in Paris, Paris
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Taking notes, a professional vice, this time in a forest near Bibracte.
Life is dog-eat-dog but occasionally there’s also time for cats that don’t eat cats or dogs.
In Berkeley, on book tour for Paris, Paris, working away as usual.’
The intrepid Bon Appétit reporter
at the famous Sagra del Tortellino, learning from the serious pros. My first TV appearence? (Truth is, I’m not sure I made it on the tube. That camera was trained on the tortellino I was making, and boy were those tortellini famous!)
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Me, the tree-hugger.
This chestnut tree is at least 500 years old, according to a local we interrogated as we trekked from Paris to the Pyrenees.
“David Downie is the master of educated curiosity.” —Michael Ondaatje
Watch a video of “national treasure” Paula Wolfert introducing me at a book event at Reader’s Books in Sonoma, California.
Profiles, interviews, snippets about David D. Downie:
David D. Downie according to Wikipedia
Listen to an interview about the book with NPR radio host extraordinaire Jacki Lyden on Weekend Edition Sunday.
Listen to David while he’s walking across Paris on the pilgrimage route with NPR’s Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley.
Watch David interviewed on KATU-TV in Portland.
Listen to David talking to Sheila Hamilton of “Speaking Freely” on KINK FM in Portland.
David interviewed about Paris to the Pyrenees in April, 2013 by My French Life.org
Ditto, by Janet Hulstrand for BonjourParis.com
David’s website dedicated to the Italian Riviera (Liguria)
Elatia Harris interviews David on 3quarksdaily
Bonjour Paris features David as Person of the Moment
The Browser interviews David about Paris and books
Travel writer Rolf Potts profiles David
Blogcritics.org asks David about Paris City of Night: thrills and chills
Paris Imperfect talks to David about Paris and Paris, Paris
The Dark Phantom interviews David about his thriller Paris City of Night
Savory Girl talks to David about the Food Wine books series
Lost in Cheeseland and its Franco-file-Friday interview
Legendary cookbook writer Paula Wolfert introduces David at Readers Books
Reign of Terroir, the great wine blog, reviews Food Wine Burgundy and David’s other Food Wine titles
The American Library in Paris profiles the author of Paris, Paris
Ichef on Downie and his award-winning Cooking the Roman Way
Redroom profile of Downie (like others it needs updating!)
Downie’s articles syndicated by FeatureWell.com
Review of Paris, Paris by architect Stephane Kirkland
Just Another American in Paris blog talks to Downie
Huffington Post bio of regular contributor David D. Downie
All photos (except Festa del Tortellino) copyright ©Alison Harris
