When the English Fall (Williams) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1969-70
• Raised—Falls Church, Virginia, USA
• Education—B.A., University of Virginia; M.Div., D.Min., Wesley Theological Seminary
• Currently—lives in Annandale, Virginia


David Williams is an American Presbyterian minister and author. His debut novel, When the English Fall, an apocolyptic story told from the perspective of an Amish farmer, was published in 2017.

Willams graduated from Falls Church High School, in Virginia, and received his B.A. from the University of Virginia. He went on to earn both a Master's and Doctoral degree (2003 and 2015 respectively) from Wesley Theological Seminary and is currently pastor of a small church in Poolesville, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C.

When not speaking from the pulpit, Williams likes to drive things: motocycles, forklifts, vans filled with Salvation Army bell-ringers, and cars with his two sons shuttling back and forth between school and activities. He and his family live in Annandale, Virginia.

For 10 years, from 1992-2002, he served as Grant Manager at the Aspen Institute, where he oversaw a peer-reviewed grant writing process to support social science research into nonprofits, nongovermental organizations, philanthropy, and voluntarism. He has also published articles in OMNI, The Christian Century, and Wired. He blogs at belovedspear.com. (Adapted from the publisher.)