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David-Matthew Barnes
David-Matthew
Barnes describes himself as "a playwright, poet, novelist,
filmmaker, actor, dancer, cheerleader, choreographer, director,
teacher, and former model...for life." He is the author of over forty
stage plays that have been performed in three languages in eight
countries. He wrote and directed the feature film Frozen Stars,
which received worldwide distribution. His literary work has been
featured in over one hundred publications including The Best Stage
Scenes, The Best Men's Stage Monologues, The Best Women's
Stage Monologues, Men of Mystery: Homoerotic Tales of Intrigue
and Suspense, and more.
In 2008,
David-Matthew won the World AIDS Day Writing Contest, earning double
awards for poetry and playwriting, and the 2008 Slam Boston Award for
Best Play. He received national awards in the 2008 Split This Rock
Poetry Contest and the 2007 New Works for Young Women playwriting
competition. In 2007, he also received the Carrie McCray Literary Award
in recognition of his two-woman play Bracelets and Boyfriends.
He has received two Elly Awards for Best Original Script from the
Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance and additional awards from
Writer’s Digest and the Florida Freelance Writers Association.
David-Matthew
graduated magna cum laude from Oglethorpe University with a degree in
communications and English. He received a Master of Fine Arts in
creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina.
In 2007, David-Matthew was nationally selected to study his craft in
private workshop with Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha
Norman (‘night, Mother, The Color Purple, The Secret
Garden) at the Southampton Writers Conference in New York.
David-Matthew 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,
California, where he serves as a director for the Lambda Players
theatre company and teaches college English classes. His current
obsessions include Jennifer Weiner novels, iced caramel macchiatos, and
the television show Gossip Girl, of which he never misses an
episode.
Coming Soon...
Mesmerized
(2010)
While being
punished for writing a controversial article in her high school
paper, Serena Albright is befriended by enigmatic loner Brodie
Wiles. Serena witnesses the first time that Brodie meets Lance
Royal, who is secretly rehearsing to compete in The Showdown, the
biggest dance contest of the year. Immediately, Serena is drawn
into their world, inspired by the love that she recognizes between
them.
Through her close
friendship with Brodie and Lance, Serena finds comfort for the
grief and guilt she feels over the brutal death of her older
brother, the victim of a hate crime. Frustrated that her
deep-in-denial parents spend endless hours in front of the
television and refuse to acknowledge the death of their son, Serena
accepts the challenge to have a face-to-face meeting with the boy
who killed her brother.
Set in the summer
of 1986, this young adult novel explores the emotional aftershocks
of a hate crime from the perspective of a young woman who finds
renewed hope through two young men who are brave enough to love.
A Soliloquy
novel 
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