Matthew Quinn Martin

Who is Matthew Quinn Martin?

Matthew Quinn Martin is an American screenwriter, novelist and actor.

Martin's original screenplay Slingshot was made into a feature film by Bold Films and is distributed by the Weinstein Company. Slingshot premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival and was featured on Access Hollywood.

Martin's debut novel "Nightlife" was published in October 2013 by Pocket Star and was chosen by Badass Book Reviews as one of the top 5 horror novels of 2013 . The sequel, "Nightlife: As the Worm Turns" is scheduled for release in the fall of 2014. Martin has stated that the title was inspired by the Faith No More song "As the Worm Turns" as well as a line by Shakespeare, "The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on," from Henry VI, Part 3

His short fiction has appeared in Transition Magazine, Thuglit, The Oddville Press, MFA/MFYou Literary Journal, Aphelion Webzine, The Flash Fiction Offensive, A Twist of Noir, and the anthology Arcane II,

As an actor he has appeared in the remodernist film Shooting at the Moon, the feature films P.S. I Love You and Howl and was a minor recurring co-star on the first season of the TV show Fringe.