David-Matthew Barnes is the author of the young adult novels Mesmerized and Swimming to Chicago, the suspense thriller Accidents Never Happen, and the rock 'n' roll love story The Jetsetters, published by Bold Strokes Books. He wrote and directed the coming-of-age film Frozen Stars, which received worldwide distribution. He is the screenwriter of the upcoming horror film Scare Me, Kill Me. He is the author of over forty stage plays that have been performed in three languages in eight countries. His literary work has appeared in over one hundred publications including The Best Stage Scenes, The Best Men's Stage Monologues, The Best Women's Stage Monologues, The Comstock Review, Review Americana, and The Southeast Review. David-Matthew is the national recipient of the 2011 Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award. In addtion, he's received the Carrie McCray Literary Award, the Slam Boston Award for Best Play, and earned double awards for poetry and playwriting in the World AIDS Day Writing Contest. David-Matthew earned a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. He is a faculty member at Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin, Georgia where he teaches courses in English, humanities, speech, and theatre. For more information, please visit www.davidmatthewbarnes.com.