DAVID EDWARDS is the pen name of Dr. Naushaad Gasieta, a neuropsychologist and independent scholar from Suriname.

He began writing at the age of eight, first out of instinct, then out of stubbornness, and eventually out of the quiet conviction that stories are one way of thinking through memory, power, history, and the worlds people inherit.

The Paper Leviathan was first written in 2014 and completed in an earlier form in 2017. After years of revision, the current version was finalized in 2019. Following an unsuccessful querying process, the novel was published independently in April 2026.

His fiction is shaped by his interest in philosophy, institutions, hidden histories, knowledge systems, and the fragile inner lives of people who begin noticing the machinery beneath ordinary things.

He lives with his wife and their four cats: Moti, a ginger philosopher; Miesje, a black tuxedo menace; Julian, gray-striped and perpetually seeking attention; and Bolle, another ginger, round in both shape and spirit. Much like Mara, he has come to accept that his wife possesses an almost supernatural ability to attract strays.

He is currently working on his long-gestating epic fantasy series, Lamentations, which he hopes to publish in 2027.