DAVID UNGER te fèt nan vil Guatemala, Guatemala, an 1950. Fanmi li te migre nan Florid lè li te gen 4 an, akoz sitiyasyon politik nan peyi yo. Unger pibliye senk woman, kat an panyòl ak an anglè: Life in the Damn Tropics (2002)/Vivir en el maldito trópico (2004), Ni chicha, ni limonada (2009), Para mí, eres divina (2011)/Nan Je Mwen, Ou Bèl (2023), The Price of Escape (2011)/El precio de la fuga (2013), ak El manipulador (2015)/The Mastermind (2016), ki te tradui nan 10 lang. Liv pou timoun li yo se La Casita (2011), Sleeping with the Light On (2020), Moley Mole/Topo Pecoso (2021), ak José Feeds the World (2024).