David Litt entered the White House as a speechwriter in 2011 and left in 2016 as a senior presidential speechwriter and special assistant to the president. In addition to writing remarks for President Barack Obama on a wide range of domestic policy issues, David served as the lead joke writer for several White House Correspondents’ Dinner monologues. Since leaving government, David has written speeches, op-eds, and jokes for Fortune 100 CEOs, professional athletes, leading philanthropists, and prominent political figures.
His New York Times bestselling memoir, Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years, was published in 2017.
Books in order of publication:
Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years – 2017
Democracy in One Book or Less – 2020
It’s Only Drowning, A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground – 2025
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