大卫·巴尔达奇 (David Baldacci) 从小就开始写作，当时他的母亲给了他一个带横线的笔记本，用来记录他的故事。 （很久以后，当大卫感谢她是点燃他写作生涯的火花时，她透露她给了他笔记本是为了让他保持安静，“因为每个妈妈不时都需要休息一下。”）他发表了他的第一个小说《绝对的力量》，1996年；随后被改编成电影，克林特·伊斯特伍德担任导演和主演。大卫总共出版了43部成人小说；都是国内和国际畅销书，有几部被改编成电影他的书以超过 45 种语言在 80 多个国家出版，全球销量达 1.5 亿册。大卫还为年轻读者出版了七部小说。
David 和他的妻子 Michelle 是 Wish You Well Foundation® 的联合创始人，该基金会支持美国的家庭和成人扫盲计划。 2008 年，该基金会与 Feeding America 合作推出了 Feeding Body & Mind，该计划旨在解决识字率、贫困和饥饿之间的联系。通过 Feeding Body & Mind，已经收集了超过 100 万本新书和旧书，并通过食物银行分发给有需要的家庭。
David 毕生是弗吉尼亚人，毕业于弗吉尼亚联邦大学和弗吉尼亚大学法学院。
Stone Cold pdf 大卫·巴尔达奇
The #1 bestselling author of The Collectors and Simple Genius returns with STONE COLD...an unforgetable novel of revenge, conspiracy, and murder that brings a band of unlikely heroes face-to-face with their greatest threat.Oliver Stone, the leader of the mysterious group that calls itself the Camel Club, is both feared and respected by those who've crossed his path. Keeping a vigilant watch over our leaders in Washington, D.C., the Camel Club has won over some allies, but it has also earned formidable enemies-including those in power who will do anything to prevent Stone and his friends from uncovering the hidden, secret work of the government.Annabelle Conroy, an honorary member of the Camel Club, is also the greatest con artist of her generation. She has swindled forty million dollars from casino king Jerry Bagger, the man who murdered her mother. Now he's hot on her trail with only one goal in mind: Annabelle's death. But as Stone and the Camel Club circle the wagons to protect Annabelle, a new opponent, who makes Bagger's menace pale by comparison, suddenly arises.One by one, men from Stone's shadowy past are turning up dead. Behind this slaughter stands one man: Harry Finn. To almost all who know him, Finn is a doting father and loving husband who uses his skills behind the scenes to keep our nation safe. But the other face of Harry Finn is that of an unstoppable killer who inevitably sets his lethal bull's-eye on Oliver Stone. And with Finn, Stone may well have met his match.As Annabelle and the Camel Club fight for their lives, the twists and turns whipsaw, leading to a finale that is as explosive as it is shattering. And when buried secrets are at last violently resurrected, the members of the Camel Club left standing will be changed forever. With unrelenting pacing, stunning reversals, and two of the most compelling characters in modern fiction, STONE COLD is David Baldacci writing at his breathtaking best.