David Goodwillie (author)

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David Goodwillie

David Goodwillie (born March 25, 1972) is the author of the memoir "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time," which was published by Algonquin in June 2006 and contributed to the anthology, "My Father Married Your Mother" (W.W. Norton, May 2006). He has written for national magazines, newspapers and literary journals including Men's Health, Black Book, Swink, Divide, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and The Newark Star-Ledger.

David was born in Paris and grew up in and around London, New York, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.. He graduated from Kenyon College in May 1994 and a week later found himself trying out for the Cincinnati Reds. Though he was soon drafted to play professional baseball by the Newark Buffalos, his career was short-lived. After being unceremoniously released, he moved to New York City to become a writer but instead held a series of jobs, including private investigator, Sotheby's auction house expert, investigative journalist, and Internet entrepreneur, an interval of seven years that became the basis for his memoir.