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SHORT BIOGRAPHY

David-Matthew is the bestselling author of sixteen novels, three collections of poetry, seven short stories, and more than seventy stage plays that have been performed in three languages in twelve countries. Five of his stage plays have received off-off Broadway productions. As a film producer, he has helped bring forty films to the screen. To date, he has written seven produced screenplays. He is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA. He lives in Sacramento, California.

FULL BIOGRAPHY

David-Matthew Barnes is the bestselling author of sixteen novels, three collections of poetry, seven short stories, and more than seventy stage plays that have been performed in three languages in twelve countries. He writes in multiple genres, primarily young adult, romance, thriller, and horror. He often writes gothic and contemporary romance novels as Wren Valerian. Five of his stage plays have received off-off Broadway productions. As a film producer, he has helped bring forty films to the screen including many independent films, horror movies, and international films. He has been selected for three Sundance Collab screenwriting workshops. He was named a finalist for the Sundance Institute YouTube New Voices Lab. To date, he has written seven produced screenplays. He is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA. He is a member of Contemporary Romance Writers (CRW), Disney's D23, International Thriller Writers (ITW), Rainbow Romance Writers, and Romance Writers of America (RWA). He lives in Sacramento, California.

ABOUT DAVID-MATTHEW BARNES

David-Matthew is the bestselling author of sixteen novels, three collections of poetry, seven short stories, and more than seventy stage plays that have been performed in three languages in twelve countries. He writes in multiple genres, primarily young adult, romance, thriller, and horror. He often writes gothic and contemporary romance novels as Wren Valerian. Five of his stage plays have received off-off Broadway productions. As a film producer, he has helped bring forty films to the screen including Desert Fiends, It Came from Somewhere, Killer Campout Part II, New Fears Eve, Taker of Souls, and Wolf Howl. To date, he has written seven produced screenplays, including the coming-of-age indie drama Frozen Stars and the award-winning Dutch film Wagon. His literary work has appeared in over one hundred publications including The Best Stage Scenes, The Best Women's Stage Monologues, The Best Men's Stage Monologues, The Best 10-Minute Plays, and 105 Five-Minute Plays for Study and Performance. He is the winner of the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award, the Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Award for playwriting, the Slam Boston Award for Best Play, and two Elly Awards for playwriting from the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance. He has been selected for two Sundance Collab horror writing workshops. He was named a finalist for the Sundance Institute YouTube New Voices Lab. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee. He was nationally selected to serve as the Emerging Writer-in-Residence at Pennsylvania State University. He graduated with honors from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and English. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. He is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA. He is a member of Contemporary Romance Writers (CRW), Disney's D23, International Thriller Writers (ITW), Rainbow Romance Writers, and Romance Writers of America (RWA). David-Matthew lives in his hometown of Sacramento, California.