David Elio Malocco was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. His father was born in Casalattico in Frosinone in Italy and his mother was born in Monaghan in Ireland. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Dundalk and his parents later sent him to St. Patricks College in Cavan where they hoped he would be ordained as a Catholic priest. But he chose law and business instead. He received his Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin and spent fifteen years as a criminal lawyer before taking a second degree at the Open University, Milton Keynes in England where he obtained a first class honours degree in Psychology majoring in Cognitive Development. In 1991 he… realized a personal ambition and moved to New York where he studied film direction, production and writing for film at New York University. Since then he has written numerous screenplays and has written, produced and directed numerous shorts and three feature films, Virgin Cowboys, Magdalen and Jack Gambel: The Enigma.He later studied creative writing at Oxford University and is presently completing a doctorate of divinity in Metaphysical Science. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology. His first book, Serial Sex Killers - Real American Psychos is part of a trilogy on the psychology of serial killers. His second book, Sexual Psychopaths - British Serial Killers was released in Spring 2014 and the final part of the trilogy, Murder for Profit, was released in the Summer.The books were motivated by dual diplomas he had taken. The first was in the Psychology of Criminal Profiling and the second in Forensic Science specialising in crime scene analysis.David is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool Football Club and enjoys filmmaking, writing, making and drinking wine, and cooking.He lives in London with his wife and says he "has no idea what he wants to do when he grows up."