For the photographer, see David Alexander .
His most successful mysteries featuring Bart Hardin, the editor of the "Broadway Times", a fictional racing-show business daily, have a Times Square background.
He completed a course at the New York Institute of Criminology so that he could write authoritatively about crime.
A lifelong interest in horses and horse racing led him to be a racing editor for the "New York Herald Tribune" and then for the "National Thoroughbred".
On April 9, 2014 David Alexander set a new Guinness World Record for most heads shaved in one hour live on NBCs Today Show by shaving 73 heads on behalf of the St. Baldricks foundation, a non-profit organization which raises funds and awareness for childhood cancer research.
Played center/offensive tackle/offensive guard with the Philadelphia Eagles (1987-1994 and New York Jets.
Member of The Stooges.
