INPERSON
REWARDING
‘Random
Lucidity’
Franklin Park resident and local
author, David Adair, wins Silver
Medal from eLit Book Awards.
BY NICOLE TAFE
“E
ven as a young child, I liked to
write,” says Franklin Park resident
and local author David Adair. “I
used to make up poems and short stories
about a variety of unusual things — the most
memorable being about groundhogs eating
our tomatoes in the garden,” he laughs.
Adair grew up in the South Fayette area
and attended Canevin High School. In high
school, writing came very easy to him and,
possibly to the shock of many, he received
his best grades on term papers. He went
on to West Virginia University to attain his
undergraduate degree in Journalism and
then on to Regis University for his Master
of Business Administration studies. Adair
married his wife Rachel, a middle school
teacher, and they have three children —
Gabriella, 21, Andrew, 10, and James, 5. They
have lived in Franklin Park since 2009 and
were first attracted to the area by the school
district. “It’s been a great decision,” says
Adair. “We’ve met so many great people in
this area.”
Adair did a lot of sports and business
writing during and after college, and
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experienced lots of success. He recalls
covering the Pittsburgh Penguins during
their first Stanley Cup runs as a major
highlight of his young career. More recently,
Adair moved into the medical industry and
works as a marketing executive for a large
specialty and home infusion pharmacy while
continuing to pursue writing in his spare
time.
Adair actually began writing his novel
“Random Lucidity” many