David-Matthew Barnes

David-Matthew Barnes is the author of the forthcoming young adult novel Mesmerized (2010; Bold Strokes Books) and the forthcoming literary suspense novel The Common Bond (P.D. Publishing, 2011). He wrote and directed the coming-of-age film Frozen Stars, which received worldwide distribution. To date, he has written over forty stage plays that have been performed in three languages in eight countries. His literary work has been featured in over one hundred publications including The Best Stage Scenes. In 2008, David-Matthew won the World AIDS Day Writing Contest, earning double awards for poetry and playwriting. He was the 2008 Emerging Writer in Residence at Penn State where he taught in the English program for one year. Today, he lives in Sacramento where he is the Visting Artist at the Lambda Players theatre company and teaches college English classes.