Dave Pelzer is one of the most popular and richest Memoirist who was born on December 29, 1960 in Daly City, California, United States. American writer of memoirs and self-help publications who is known for his autobiography, A Child Called It (1995). This book outlines his childhood experiences of abuse continued to be at the top of the New York Times Bestseller List for a long time.
Olivia Colman‘s character read his book, A Child Called It, in the British television series, Peep Show.’s character read his book, A Child Called It in the British TV series, Peep Show.
His book A Child Called “It” describes from his viewpoint the severe abuse he suffered as a child. He writes how his mother was physically and emotionally abusive towards him from ages 4 to 12. He describes how his mom starved him, forced him to drink ammonia, stabbed him in the stomach, burned his arm on a gas stove, and forced him to eat his own vomit. He mentioned that his father was not active in resolving or stopping the conflicts between Pelzer and his alcoholic mother. He was sent to a foster family at age 12 in 1973. In the book he refers to his relatives by pseudonyms.
Pelzer was born in San Francisco, California the second of five boys. He grew up in Daly City, California. He is the son of Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer (1929-1992) and San Francisco fireman Stephen Joseph Pelzer (1923-1980). Pelzer’s books describe the abuse he suffered for several years of childhood, including continual mistreatment and beatings by his mother, who he said thought of it as a game. His teachers stepped in on March 5, 1973, when 12-year-old Pelzer was placed in foster care. At age 18 he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1979 and served in the Gulf War. In the 1980s Pelzer married his first wife Patsy (a pseudonym), with whom he had a son. In 1996 he carried a torch in the 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay. Pelzer and Patsy divorced and many years later he married his second wife, Marsha, who was his editor.
The four siblings of his as well as fellow memoirist, He and his four siblings, including fellow memoir writer, Richard Pelzer, grew up in California and suffered abuse at the hands of their mother. He had one son with his first wife, Patsy, before marrying editor Marsha Pelzer. were raised in California and endured abuse by their mother. He had a child with the first woman he married, Patsy and then he got married to editor Marsha Pelzer.
