Photo by Safiye Celik Wagner(2014)

My name is David Edward Wagner. I write books, screenplays, and music.  I was born in Ohio but the East Bay, CA is my long term residence and stomping grounds. For the past while I have been flitting between the Bay Area, CA and Istanbul, Turkey, now with my wife and son.

I write about the things that astound me. The places where psychology meets philosophy, where science meets spirituality and biology confronts technology. I dig science and history. Philosophy. Comic books. Oceans. Deserts. I love rock and roll in all its various disguises.

I have an MA in philosophy and I would love to talk to you about Foucault and phenomenology anytime.

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Website Updated on:
​Oct. 30th, 2019
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Upcoming Events

NOVEMBER 15th (Friday)
Art House Gallery and Cultural Center
2905 Shattuck Ave Berkeley CA 94705
Doors- 7pm, Show - 8pm
Potluck dinner/snacks
Sliding Cover - $15-25

Join David Edward Wagner and The Cantina Howlers for a night of original music, old folk and country standards, and good times.

The mighty, mighty Kent Ford opens the night.

The Cantina Howlers are:
David Wagner - guitar, vocals
Allegra Thompson - bass, vocals
Gerry Tenny - banjo, mandolin, vocals
Ethan Byxbe - guitar, trumpet, vocals

Upcoming Novel Release Tracker

Swill:  50% finished
2nd Draft
 The Brothers Blood
Book One: 100% finished
1st Draft 
Danger Kid: 10% finished
1st Draft 

As a writer and musician, David has created an evolving catalog of songs, novels, screenplays, and prose.
His work moves between sly satire and philosophical insight, equally concerned with
social motivations and personal intentions.

NBC television used David's original work for use on their sitcom, The New Normal.
He has also appeared in the Italian Top Twenty with his original composition German Sparkle Party. 

A few of my favorite things...

Hegel

Townes Van Zandt

Michel Foucault

The Boomtown Rats