D. Parker
Foster
Debut Novel · 2026
After twenty years on the front lines of American journalism, D. Parker Foster turns to fiction with a debut that crackles with the urgency of a breaking story. Drawing on two decades of bearing witness — to conflict, to loss, to the stubborn persistence of hope — The True Guide to Staying Alive is a novel about what it costs to tell the truth, and what it takes to survive it.
Available in 2026 wherever books are sold.
Pre-order NowFrom twenty years of reporting under the byline David Foster.
D. Parker Foster is an author and former Associated Press journalist based in Olympia, Washington.
For twenty years, Foster covered stories across the country and around the world under the byline David Foster. His reporting spanned the environment, modern society, and the human stories at the intersection of both.
Now turning to fiction, his debut novel The True Guide to Staying Alive draws on a career spent bearing witness — exploring what it means to survive, to tell the truth, and to find meaning in the chaos.
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