David is the author of the novels Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007),[3]Bought (HarperCollins, 2009),[4] and the non-fiction books Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011),[5]Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010),[6]True Tales of Lust and Love, How to Get Successful by F*cking Up Your Life and Make Your Mess Your Memoir. Her book By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There, co-written with
Tom Sizemore, was a New York Times bestseller.[7] In 2021, she got the rights to Party Girl back from HarperCollins and relaunched the book under her own publishing imprint.[8]Party Girl is in development as a movie with the producer of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.[9]
In 2010, David started speaking at colleges about addiction and recovery.[24] That year, she began delivering the keynote speech “Surviving and Thriving in an Addictive Society” at colleges across the country.[25] In 2017, she gave her 10-minute talk, “How to Wear Your Labels” alongside
Tony Robbins at the Genius Network Annual event.[26] In 2018, she spoke at TEDxOhlone, TEDxLosGatos and TedXUniversityofSanDiego.[27]
She speaks at organizations, events and corporations on three different topics: goal-setting, leaving a legacy and building authority [28]
Legacy Launch Pad Publishing
In 2017, David launched
Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, a company that publishes books for entrepreneurs and thought leaders.[29] Legacy Launch Pad has released numerous books that have become Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestsellers.
David hosts a podcast on publishing, which has been named one of the best publishing podcasts by LA Weekly[30] and Feedspot,[31] among many others.[32] The podcast has featured interviews with Chris Voss,[33] Adam Carolla [34] and Jay Abraham [35] and many more. She also hosts the Fail Your Way to Success podcast.[36] Lastly, David is the book critic for KATU Portland's morning show.[37]
Bibliography
Party Girl (HarperCollins, 2007)
Bought (HarperCollins, 2009)
Reality Matters (HarperCollins, 2010)
Falling For Me (HarperCollins, 2011)
Animal Attraction (2012)
By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There (Simon & Schuster, 2013)
They Like Me They Really Like Me (2013) (audio version, 2015)
True Tales of Lust and Love (Counterpoint/Soft Skull, 2014)
Make Your Mess Your Memoir (Launch Pad Publishing, 2020)
On Good Authority (Legacy Launch Pad Publishing, 2023)